Sequence of the env gene of some KwaZulu-Natal, South African strains of HTLV type I

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1229-1233

  Bhigjee, A I ^a   Tarin, M L ^a   Bill, P L A ^a   De Oliveira, T ^a   York, D ^a  

^a Wentworth Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENES, ENV; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033199709     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299310322     Document Type: Article

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