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. 1996 Aug;70(8):5711–5715. doi: 10.1128/jvi.70.8.5711-5715.1996

A simian varicella virus (SVV) homolog to varicella-zoster virus gene 21 is expressed in monkey ganglia latently infected with SVV.

P Clarke 1, W L Matlock 1, T Beer 1, D H Gilden 1
PMCID: PMC190540  PMID: 8764094

Abstract

We have sequenced a simian varicella virus (SVV) open reading frame (ORF), 3,123 bp in length, whose product has 51% amino acid homology with the sequence encoded by the ORF of varicella-zoster virus gene 21. Several regions are highly conserved between the two ORFs, with homologies of approximately 80%. The SVV gene is transcribed in tissue culture cells productively infected with SVV and in monkey ganglia latently infected with SVV.

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