Characterization of arenaviruses using a family-specific primer set for RT-PCR amplification and RFLP analysis its potential use for detection of uncharacterized arenaviruses

Virus Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-89

  Lozano, M E ^a,b   Posik, D M ^a,b   Albarino C G ^a,b   Schujman, G ^a   Ghiringhelli, P D ^a,b   Calderon G ^c   Sabattini, M ^c   Romanowski, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arenaviridae; Conserved nucleotide sequences; Phylogenetic analyses; RFLP RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARENAVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; ARENAVIRUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRICETINAE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARENAVIRIDAE; ARENAVIRUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030911899     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(97)01458-5     Document Type: Article

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