Sequence variability in the putative coding region of TT virus: Evidence for two rather than several major types

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3085-3089

  Viazov, S ^a,b   Ross, R S ^a   Niel, C ^c   De Oliveira, J M ^c   Varenholz, C ^a   Da Villa, G ^d   Roggendorf, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b D I IVANOVSKY INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d Ital Inst for Prev of Liver D   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME;

DNA VIRUSES; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX VIRUS 1; TT VIRUS;

EID: 0032408537     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-12-3085     Document Type: Article

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