Pathotyping of Australian isolates of Marek's disease virus and association of pathogenicity with meq gene polymorphism

Avian Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-176

  Renz, Katrin G ^a,b   Cooke, Julie ^c   Clarke, Nadeene ^c   Cheetham, Brian F ^b   Hussain, Zahid ^b   Fakhrul Islam, A F M ^b   Tannock, Gregory A ^c,d   Walkden Brown, Stephen W ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECO Q PROTEIN, GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; ECO-Q PROTEIN, GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; ONCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MARDIVIRUS; MAREK DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID; MAREK DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POULTRY DISEASES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84860168786     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2012.656077     Document Type: Article

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