The M2 gene product of murine gammaherpesvirus 68 is required for efficient colonization of splenic follicles but is not necessary for expansion of latently infected germinal centre B cells

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2789-2797

  Simas, J Pedro ^a,b   Marques, Sofia ^a,b   Bridgeman, Anne ^a,c   Efstathiou, Stacey ^c   Adler, Heiko ^d  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GERMINAL CENTER; HERPES VIRUS; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPLEEN; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHADINOVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

MURINAE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OPEN READING FRAMES; RHADINOVIRUS; SPLEEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 5444250427     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80138-0     Document Type: Article

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