Complete genome sequence of a cytomegalovirus Towne-BAC (bacterial artificial chromosome) isolate maintained in Escherichia coli for 10 years and then serially passaged in human fibroblasts

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Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Brechtel, Teal ^a,b   Tyner, Molly ^a,c   Tandon, Ritesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84997818368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.e00693-13     Document Type: Article

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