JC virus Type 1 has multiple subtypes: Three new complete genomes

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 801-805

  Agostini, Hansjürgen T ^a,b   Ryschkewitsch, Caroline F ^a   Stoner, Gerald L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; JC VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0031902469     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-4-801     Document Type: Article

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