Simian varicella virus gene expression during acute and latent infection of rhesus macaques

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 600-612

  Meyer, Christine ^a,b   Kerns, Amelia ^a   Barron, Alex ^a   Kreklywich, Craig ^b   Streblow, Daniel N ^a,b   Messaoudi, Ilhem ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Herpesvirus; Latency; Rhesus macaque; Simian varicella virus

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSORY GANGLION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; GANGLIA, SENSORY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACACA MULATTA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84865740214     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: 15382443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13365-011-0057-y     Document Type: Article

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