Evolution in a chronic RNA virus infection: Selection on HTLV-I tax protein differs between healthy carriers and patients with tropical spastic paraparesis

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 452-458

  Niewiesk, Stefan ^a,b   Bangham, Charles R M ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst F Virologie and Immunbiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

CTL; Deletion; HTLV; Rex; Selection forces; Tax

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; EPITOPE; RNA; TAX PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE CARRIER; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

HTLV; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0029885155     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02498639     Document Type: Article

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