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ArticleJournal of virology2003

High-frequency phenotypic reversion and pathogenicity of an acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus mutant.

Anthony Griffiths, Donald M Coen

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Article in Journal of virology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. In vitro synergism of trifluorothymidine and ganciclovir against HSV-1.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2011
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  14. An unusual internal ribosome entry site in the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2005
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  16. Chapter 22. Non-HIV antiviral agents.Annual reports in medicinal chemistry · 2003
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anthony GriffithsDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Donald M Coen
Harvard University · US

Funding

VIRAL AND CELLULAR GENES IN HSV LATENCY AND REACTIVATIONP01NS035138 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KNIPE, DAVID M. · 1996 to 2010
$15.0M
MOLECULAR BASIS OF VIRAL INFECTIVITYT32AI007245 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Aaron Gregory Schmidt · 1985 to 2026
$11.3M
MECHANISMS REGULATING HSV TK EXPRESSION DURING INFECTIONR01AI026126 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI COEN, DONALD M · 1988 to 2010
$3.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI026126NIAID NIH HHS R01AI26126NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007245NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI07245NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS035138NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS35138
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A double-guanine-insertion mutation within a run of guanines in the herpes simplex virus gene encoding thymidine kinase (TK) was previously found in an acyclovir-resistant clinical isolate. This mutation was engineered into strain KOS, and stocks were generated from single plaques. Plaque autoradiography revealed that most plaques in such stocks exhibited low levels of TK activity, while approximately 3% of plaques exhibited high levels of TK activity, indicating a remarkably high frequency of phenotypic reversion. This virus was able to reactivate from latency in mouse ganglia; a fraction of the reactivating virus expressed a high level of TK activity due to an additional G insertion, suggesting that the observed genetic instability contributed to pathogenicity.

Indexed as

AcyclovirAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntiviral AgentsDrug Resistance, ViralMaleMiceMolecular Sequence DataMutationPhenotypeRecombination, GeneticSimplexvirusThymidine KinaseVirus ActivationVirus ReplicationAcyclovirAntiviral AgentsThymidine Kinase

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PMID12525666
PMCPMC140925
OpenAlexW2009538412

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