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[Variability of human cytomegalovirus UL144 gene in low-passage clinical isolates analyzed by HMA-SSCP].
Zhonghua shi yan he lin chuang bing du xue za zhi = Zhonghua shiyan he linchuang bingduxue zazhi = Chinese journal of experimental and clinical virology - 1 Mar 2006
He Rong, Ruan Qiang, Liu Lan-qing, Lu Sheng-min, Ji Yao-hua, Liu Qing, Chen Shu-rong, Zhao Li-hua
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BACKGROUND: Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is an important infectious agent that results in neonatal disease and congenital deformity. HCMV infection may affect in many organs. The different symptoms and tissue tropism of HCMV infection perhaps resulted from the genetic polymorphism of HCMV. HCMV UL144 open reading frames encode a homologue of the tumor necrosis factor receptor. It seems important to...
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