Nucleotide sequence analyses of partial env(gp46) gene of human T- lymphotropic virus type I from inhabitants of Fujian Province in southeast China

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 921-923

  Cao, Feng ^a,d   Ji, Yang ^a   Huang, Ruxin ^b   Zhao, Tongmao ^c   Kindt, Thomas J ^c  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Xiamen Ophthalmic Center   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENES, ENV; HTLV-I ANTIGENS; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RETROVIRIDAE PROTEINS, ONCOGENIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034631340     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/08892220050042855     Document Type: Article

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