Conserved sequence motifs involving the tat reading frame of Brazilian caprine lentiviruses indicate affiliations to both caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus and visna-maedi virus

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1583-1589

  Castro, Roberto Soares ^a,b,d   Greenland, Timothy ^a,b   Leite, Rômulo Cerqueira ^c   Gouveia, Aurora ^c   Mornex, Jean François ^a,b   Cordier, Geneviève ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CAPRINE ARTHRITIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS GENE; VISNA VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; BRAZILIAN CAPRINE LENTIVIRUS; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRINE ARTHRITIS-ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; CAPRINE LENTIVIRUS; OVIS; RNA VIRUSES; SMALL RUMINANT LENTIVIRUS; VISNA VIRUS; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 0032987818     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-7-1583     Document Type: Article

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