Human herpesvirus 6 integrates within telomeric regions as evidenced by five different chromosomal sites

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1952-1958

  Nacheva, Elisabeth P ^a   Ward, Katherine N ^b   Brazma, Diana ^a   Virgili, Anna ^a   Howard, Julie ^a   Hoe, Nam Leong ^b   Clark, Duncan A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH); HHV 6 variant A; HHV 6 variant B

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ARM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; NEWBORN; TELOMERE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

EID: 54749144657     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21299     Document Type: Article

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