Expression of pig endogenous retrovirus by primary porcine endothelial cells and infection of human cells

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Volumn 352, Issue 9129, 1998, Pages 692-694

  Martin, Ulrich ^a   Kiessig, Verena ^a   Blusen, Jürgen H ^a   Haverich, Axel ^b   Von Helm, Klaus Der ^a   Herden, Tanja ^a   Steinhoff, Gustav ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SKIN; SWINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032578311     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)07144-X     Document Type: Article

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