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Genome sequence of herpes simplex virus 1 strain KOS.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 2012
Macdonald Stuart J, Mostafa Heba H, Morrison Lynda A, Davido David J
Abstract excerpt
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) strain KOS has been extensively used in many studies to examine HSV-1 replication, gene expression, and pathogenesis. Notably, strain KOS is known to be less pathogenic than the first sequenced genome of HSV-1, strain 17. To understand the genotypic differences between KOS and other phenotypically distinct strains of HSV-1, we sequenced the viral genome of strain KOS. When...
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