Human cytomegalovirus UL138 open reading frame is highly conserved in clinical strains

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-111

  Qi, Ying ^a   He, Rong ^a   Ma, Yan Ping ^a   Sun, Zheng Rong ^a   Ji, Yao Hua ^a   Ruan, Qiang ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conservation; Human cytomegalovirus; UL138

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS UL138; INFANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 67650783414     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-9294(09)60071-7     Document Type: Article

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