CLONING AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MURINE HERPESVIRUS 68 GENOME

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EFSTATHIOU, S
HO, YM
MINSON, AC
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[1] Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, Tennis Court Road
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10.1099/0022-1317-71-6-1355
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Murine herpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) is a naturally occurring herpesvirus of small free-living rodents. In order to facilitate the molecular characterization of the virus genome, a library of cloned restriction fragments has been produced and restriction enzyme cleavage maps deduced for the enzymes BamHI, EcoRI and HindIII. The MHV-68 genome comprises a region of unique DNA of approximately 118 kbp which is flanked by variable numbers of a 1.23 kb repeat unit. The organization of the MHV-68 genome is, therefore, most similar to that of the lymphotropic γ2 group of herpesviruses which include herpesvirus saimiri and herpesvirus ateles.
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