Marek's disease virus EcoRI-Q gene (meq) and a small RNA antisense to ICP4 are abundantly expressed in CD4+ cells and cells carrying a novel lymphoid marker, AV37, in Marek's disease lymphomas

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2191-2198

  Ross, N ^a   O'Sullivan, G ^a   Rothwell, C ^a   Smith, G ^a   Burgess, S C ^a   Rennie, M ^a   Lee, L F ^b   Davison, T F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS PHOSPHOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AVIAN LYMPHOMATOSIS HERPETOVIRUS; CHICKEN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN TUMOR; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DNA VIRUSES; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS; HERPETOVIRUS; MARDIVIRUS; TUMOR VIRUS;

EID: 0030886554     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-9-2191     Document Type: Article

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