| Literature DB >> 8700895 |
R Mahalingam1, M Wellish, R Cohrs, S Debrus, J Piette, B Rentier, D H Gilden.
Abstract
The ganglionic cell type in which varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is latent in humans was analyzed by using antibodies raised against in vitro-expressed VZV open reading frame 63 protein. VZV open reading frame 63 protein was detected exclusively in the cytoplasm of neurons of latently infected human trigeminal and thoracic ganglia. This is, to our knowledge, the first identification of a herpesvirus protein expressed during latency in the human nervous system.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8700895 PMCID: PMC39920 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.5.2122
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205