Identification and characterization of a novel gene of grouper iridovirus encoding a purine nucleoside phosphorylase

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2883-2892

  Ting, Jing Wen ^a,b   Wu, Min Feng ^b   Tsai, Chih Tung ^a,b   Lin, Ching Chun ^b   Guo, Ing Cherng ^c   Chang, Chi Yao ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INOSINE; PURINE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSE 1 PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FISH DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRIDOVIRUS; KIDNEY CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FISH; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; VIROLOGY;

GREAT ISLAND VIRUS; GROUPER IRIDOVIRUS; IRIDOVIRUS; PISCES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; FISHES; IRIDOVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PURINE-NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE;

EID: 5444276362     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80249-0     Document Type: Article

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