Virus inactivation in a proportion of human T-cell leukaemia virus type I infected T-cell clones arises through naturally occurring mutations

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-104

  Rose, Nicola J ^a   Richardson, Jennifer H ^a,c   Desselberger, Ulrich ^b   Lever, Andrew M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

HTLV; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; LEUKAEMIA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033976589     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-1-97     Document Type: Article

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