Differential expression of human endogenous retroviral sequences similar to mouse mammary tumor virus in normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 833-840

  Andersson, Marie Louise ^a,b   Medstrand, Patrik ^a   Yin, Hong ^a   Blomberg, Jonas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029894269     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1996.12.833     Document Type: Article

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