The murine gammaherpesvirus 68 M2 gene is required for efficient reactivation from latently infected B cells

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2261-2273

  Herskowitz, Jeremy ^a   Jacoby, Meagan A ^a   Speck, Samuel H ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HERPES VIRUS; INFECTION; INOCULATION; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; GENES, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; MURINAE;

EID: 13444266320     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.4.2261-2273.2005     Document Type: Article

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