@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-71-6-1355, author = "Efstathiou, S. and Ho, Y. M. and Minson, A. C.", title = "Cloning and molecular characterization of the murine herpesvirus 68 genome", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "1990", volume = "71", number = "6", pages = "1355-1364", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-71-6-1355", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-71-6-1355", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Murine herpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) is a naturally occurring herpesvirus of small free-living rodents. In order to facilitate the molecular characterization of the virus genome, a library of cloned restriction fragments has been produced and restriction enzyme cleavage maps deduced for the enzymes BamHI EcoRI and HindIII. The MHV-68 genome comprises a region of unique DNA of approximately 118 kbp which is flanked by variable numbers of a 1·23 kb repeat unit. The organization of the MHV-68 genome is, therefore, most similar to that of the lymphotropic γ2 group of herpesviruses which include herpesvirus saimiri and herpesvirus ateles.", }