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Intrauterine cytomegalovirus infection and glycoprotein N (gN) genotypes.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Sept 2003
Pignatelli Sara, Dal Monte Paola, Rossini Giada, Lazzarotto Tiziana, Gatto Maria R, Landini Maria P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) clinical isolates display genetic polymorphisms, supposed to be related with strain-specific tissue-tropism and HCMV-induced immunopathogenesis. One recently discovered polymorphic gene is ORF UL73, encoding for the envelope glycoprotein gN. Among HCMV cli...
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