Development of pathological lesions in the central nervous system of transgenic mice expressing the env gene of ts1 Moloney murine leukemia virus in the absence of the viral gag and pol genes and viral replication

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 274-282

  Yu, Y Eugene ^a   Choe, Wonkyu ^a   Zhang, Wenguang ^a   Stoica, George ^b   Wong, Paul K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gag and pol genes; Neuropathological lesions; ts1 env transgenic mice; Viral replication

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; ENVELOPE GENE; MOLONEY LEUKEMIA ONCOVIRUS; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS; ONCOVIRINAE;

EID: 0030862067     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13550289709029468     Document Type: Article

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