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Ekaette F Mbong1, Lucille Woodley, Elizabeth Frost, Joel D Baines, Carol Duffy.
Abstract
The herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) U(L)21 gene encodes a 62-kDa tegument protein with homologs in the alpha-, beta-, and gammaherpesvirus subfamilies. In the present study, we characterized a novel U(L)21-null virus and its genetic repair to determine whether this protein plays a role in early stages of the HSV-1 replication cycle. Single-step growth analyses, protein synthesis time courses, and mRNA quantifications indicated that the absence of U(L)21 results in a delay early in the HSV-1 replication cycle.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22496211 PMCID: PMC3393592 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00411-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103