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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of induced acyclovir-resistant clinical isolates of herpes simplex virus type 1.
Antiviral research - 1 Nov 2013
Hussin Ainulkhir, Md Nor Norefrina Shafinaz, Ibrahim Nazlina
Abstract excerpt
Eleven strains of acyclovir (ACV)-resistant herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) were generated from HSV-1 clinical isolates by exposure to ACV. Genotype of the thymidine kinase (TK) and DNA polymerase (pol) genes from these mutants were further analyzed. Genotypic analysis revealed four non-synonymous mutations in TK gene associated with gene polymorphism and two to three non-synonymous mutations in DNA pol gene....
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