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A polymorphic region of the human cytomegalovirus genome encoding putative glycoproteins

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A region of the human cytomegalovirus genome (corresponding to nt 17973-19945 of strain AD169) was analyzed by restriction fragment length polymorphism. Rsa I digestion of the region showed 20 distinct patterns in agarose gel electrophoresis.

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  1. Department of Virology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo

    S. Watanabe, S. Hitomi, H. Kozuka & N. Yamaguchi

  2. Department of Infectious Disease and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo

    M. Shinkai, S. Kimura & K. Shimada

  3. Department of Microbiology, The National Institute of Public Health, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    R. Hondo

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Watanabe, S., Shinkai, M., Hitomi, S. et al. A polymorphic region of the human cytomegalovirus genome encoding putative glycoproteins. Archives of Virology 137, 117–121 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01311177

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