Inhibition of the Replication of Human Cytomegalovirus by Bromodeoxycytidine in the Absence of Detectable Increases in Bromodeoxycytidine Kinase Activity
- 31 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Intervirology
- Vol. 14 (5-6), 233-238
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000149191
Abstract
Although human cytomegalovirus does not induce detectable increases in the levels of bromodeoxycytidine kinase activity in infected cells, bromodeoxycytidine acts as an antiviral agent for the replication of two strains of human cytomegalovirus.Keywords
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