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Open reading frame 33 of a gammaherpesvirus encodes a tegument protein essential for virion morphogenesis and egress.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2009
Guo Haitao, Wang Lili, Peng Li, Zhou Z Hong, Deng Hongyu
Abstract excerpt
Tegument is a unique structure of herpesvirus, which surrounds the capsid and interacts with the envelope. Morphogenesis of gammaherpesvirus is poorly understood due to lack of efficient lytic replication for Epstein-Barr virus and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8, which are etiologically associated with several types of human malignancies. Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) is...
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