Analysis of interstrain variation in cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B sequences encoding neutralization-related epitopes.

doi:10.1093/infdis/163.6.1229

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Analysis of interstrain variation in cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B sequences encoding neutralization-related epitopes.

The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jun 1991

Chou S W, Dennison K M

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Nucleotide sequences of a part of the envelope glycoprotein B (gB) gene of human cytomegalovirus (CMV), encoding epitopes recognized by virus-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies, were determined for 12 distinct clinical strains of CMV after amplification of suitable templates using the polymerase...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Base Sequence
Cytomegalovirus
DNA, Viral
Epitopes
Genetic Variation
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Restriction Mapping
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Viral Envelope Proteins

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