A deletion in the proximal untranslated pX region of human T-cell leukemia virus type II decreases viral replication but not infectivity in vivo

Blood

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1030-1035

  Cockerell, Gary L ^c   Rovnak, Joel ^a   Green, Patrick L ^b   Chen, Irvin S Y ^d  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030043436     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v87.3.1030.bloodjournal8731030     Document Type: Article

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