Retroviral RNA related to ERV9/MSRV in a human serum: A new sequence variant

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 591-593

  Olsson, Patrik ^a   Ryberg, Björn ^b   Awad, Raymond ^a   Ammoun, Sylwia ^a   Yin, Hong ^a   Hjalmarsson, Sandra ^a   Blomberg, Jonas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0033541533     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299311114     Document Type: Article

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