Genetic stability of foamy viruses: Long-term study in an African green monkey population

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 9256-9265

  Schweizer, Matthias ^a,b   Schleer, Hubertus ^a   Pietrek, Michael ^a   Liegibel, Jürgen ^a   Falcone, Valeria ^a   Neumann Haefelin, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KENYA; LENTIVIRINAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPUMA VIRUS;

EID: 0032844788     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.11.9256-9265.1999     Document Type: Article

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