Alterations in the cellular phenotype induced by herpes simplex viruses.

doi:10.1002/jmv.1890310108

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Alterations in the cellular phenotype induced by herpes simplex viruses.

Journal of medical virology - 1 May 1990

Galloway D A, McDougall J K

Abstract excerpt

Numerous studies have shown that herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1, HSV-2) are able to transform the morphological phenotype of rodent cells. Unlike other DNA tumor viruses the transformed cells did not consistently retain or express a given set of viral genes. In fact, transformation cou...

Topics

Animals
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
DNA, Viral
Gene Amplification
Gene Expression Regulation
Humans
Mutation
Simplexvirus

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