Characterisation of a human herpesvirus 6 variant A 'amplicon' and replication modulation by U94-Rep 'latency gene'

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 331-341

  Turner, Simon ^a   DiLuca, Dario ^b   Gompels, Ursula A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amplicon; DNA packaging; Gene vector; Human herpesvirus; Rep; Replication origin

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PACKAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LATENT PERIOD; LYMPHOID CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; VIRION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRUS REPLICATION;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

EID: 0036710049     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(02)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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