Human herpesvirus 8 gene encodes a functional thymidylate synthase

Journal of Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 10530-10532

  Gáspár, Gábor ^a   De Clercq, Erik ^a   Neyts, Johan ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORODEOXYURIDYLATE; GENES, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036785578     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.20.10530-10532.2002     Document Type: Article

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