title: Bovine herpes mammalitis virus thymidine kinase gene.
abstract: Bovine herpes mammillitis virus (BHMV) codes for a thymidine kinase (Tk), the gene for which is located in a 2.6 kb SalI restriction endonuclease fragment with a map unit of 0.2-0.32. This particular DNA fragment can transfect LTk-mouse cells and convert them to Tk+. The gene position of BHMV Tk would suggest another homologous gene map position for BHMV and herpes simplex virus (HSV).
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reum
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sheppard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D001911:Herpesvirus 2, Bovine / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D013937:Thymidine Kinase; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; C029792:GTCGAC-specific type II deoxyribonucleases