Lack of BLV and PTLV DNA sequences in the majority of patients with large granular lymphocyte leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-70

  Perzova, Raisa N ^a   Loughran, Thomas P ^c   Dube, Syamalima ^a   Ferrer, Jorge ^b   Esteban, Eduardo ^c   Poiesz, Bernard J ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

BLV; Immunodominant epitopes; LGL leukaemia; PCR; PTLV

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CROSS REACTIONS; DELTARETROVIRUS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, VIRAL; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 0034043741     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.01972.x     Document Type: Article

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