Phylogenetic relatedness of HTLV type I from Bellona, a Polynesian outlier within the Solomon Islands, to HTLV type I from Japan and Far Eastern Asia

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1041-1045

  Ohkura, Sadayuki ^a   Yanagihara, Richard ^b   Yamashita, Masahiro ^a,c   Hayami, Masanori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Leahi Hospital   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FAR EAST; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; JAPAN; MELANESIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0033587664     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299310557     Document Type: Note

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