Immunohistochemical localization of retroviral-related antigens expressed in normal baboon placental villous tissue

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 278-286

  Langat, Daudi K ^a   Johnson, Peter M ^b   Rote, Neal S ^c   Wango, Emmanuel O ^d   Owiti, George O ^d   Mwenda, Jason M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Endogenous retroviruses; HIV SIV; Placenta; Syncytiotrophoblast

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

CORE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CROSS REACTION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PAPIO; PREGNANCY; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHORIONIC VILLI; CROSS REACTIONS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP41; HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HIV-2; MICE; PAPIO; PREGNANCY; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032241807     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1998.tb00076.x     Document Type: Article

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