The detection of the meq gene in chicken infected with Marek's disease virus serotype 1

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 413-417

  Chang, Kyung Soo ^a   Lee, Sung Il ^a   Ohashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Ibrahim, Ahmed ^b   Onuma, Misao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b South Valley University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

L meq; Marek's disease virus; meq

Indexed keywords

GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS; MARDIVIRUS;

ECO Q PROTEIN, GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; ECO-Q PROTEIN, GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; ONCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN LYMPHOMATOSIS HERPETOVIRUS; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LATENCY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID; MALE; MAREK DISEASE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 0036562573     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.64.413     Document Type: Article

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