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Functional conservations of the alkaline nuclease of herpes simplex type 1 and human cytomegalovirus.
Virology - 30 Sept 1998
Gao M, Robertson B J, McCann P J, O'Boyle D R, Weller S K, Newcomb W W, Brown J C, Weinheimer S P
Abstract excerpt
The herpes simplex virus type 1 UL12 gene product, alkaline nuclease (AN), appears to be involved in viral DNA processing and capsid egress from the nucleus (Shao, L., Rapp, L. M., and Weller, S. K., Virology 196, 146-162, 1993). Although the HSV-1 AN is not absolutely essential for viral replication in tissue culture, conservation of the AN gene in all herpesviruses suggests an important role in the life cycle...
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