The simian varicella virus uracil DNA glycosylase and dUTPase genes are expressed in vivo, but are non-essential for replication in cell culture

Virus Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 78-84

  Ward, Toby M ^a   Williams, Marshall V ^b   Traina Dorge, Vicki ^c   Gray, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dUTPase; Simian varicella virus; Uracil DNA glycosylase; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; URACIL DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HERPES ZOSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMIAN VARICELLA VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; URACIL-DNA GLYCOSIDASE; VARICELLOVIRUS; VERO CELLS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECINE HERPESVIRUS 9; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; SAL VIEJA VIRUS;

EID: 67349209862     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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