Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) latently infects host cells and establishes lifelong persistence as an extra-chromosomal episome in the nucleus. To persist in proliferating cells, the v
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genetic determinant(s) responsible for tropism in human T cells or macrophages are not well defined. We studied the role of the HIV type 2 (HIV-2) nef and vpr ge
CandidaOrfDB contains data from novel, genome-scale tools for the study of Candida albicans, a commensal yeast that is also responsible for frequent superficial and disseminated infections in humans g
Four overlapping cosmid clones were constructed that contain the complete genome of the attenuated Oka strain of VZV. Transfection of human melanoma cells with the four cosmids resulted in production