Complete DNA sequences of two oka strain varicella-zoster virus genomes

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 11023-11044

  Tillieux, Sueli L ^a   Halsey, Wendy S ^b   Thomas, Elizabeth S ^b   Voycik, John J ^b,c   Sathe, Ganesh M ^b   Vassilev, Ventzislav ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIRUS GENE;

HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DNA, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 55549105437     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00777-08     Document Type: Article

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