Molecular characterization of the duck enteritis virus UL4 gene

Virologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-178

  Pan, Hua Qi ^a,b,c   Wang, Nan ^b   Liu, Li ^b   Liu, Lei ^c   Hu, Jiang Chun ^b   Chen, Pu Yan ^a   Wang, Shu Jin ^b   Cao, Rui Bing ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degenerate primer PCR; Duck enteritis virus (DEV); Gene Character; UL4 gene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN UL4; PROTEIN UL5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCK ENTERITIS VIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HERPES VIRUS; MARDIVIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

DUCK ENTERITIS VIRUS; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 3; HERPESVIRIDAE; MELEAGRID HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 66649122573     PISSN: 16740769     EISSN: 1995820X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12250-009-3002-y     Document Type: Article

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