The presence of ancient human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I provirus DNA in an Andean mummy

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1428-1432

  Li, Hong Chuan ^a   Fujiyoshi, Toshinobu ^a   Lou, Hong ^a   Yashiki, Shinji ^a   Sonoda, Shunro ^a   Cartier, Luis ^b   Nunez, Lautaro ^c   Munoz, Ivan ^d   Horai, Satoshi ^e   Tajima, Kazuo ^f  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^f AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHILE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PX; GLOBINS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUMMIES; PROVIRUSES; RETROVIRIDAE PROTEINS, ONCOGENIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032756922     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/71006     Document Type: Article

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