Patent ID: 6018027
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: C07K,C12N,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
An isolated polypeptide encoded by a first nucleic acid which hybridizes under stringent conditions to a second nucleic acid from an isolated human herpes virus having the morphology of a human herpes virus and a double-stranded DNA genome of about 170 Kb, wherein genomic DNA from said isolated human herpes virus hybridizes under stringent conditions with nucleic acid of molecular clone ZVH14 (ATCC Accession No. 40,247); and further wherein said first nucleic acid does not hybridize under said stringent conditions with the nucleic acid of:(a) Epstein-Barr virus;(b) human cytomegalovirus (CMV);(c) Herpes Simplex virus (HSV);(d) Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV); or(e) Herpes virus saimiri.