Porcine endogenous retroviruses (pervs): Generation of specific antibodies, development of an immunoperoxidase assay (IPA) and inhibition by AZT

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 310-316

  Stephan, Oliver ^a   Schwendemann, Jochen ^a   Specke, Volker ^a,b   Tacke, Stefan J ^a   Boller, Klaus ^a   Denner, Joachim ^a,b  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti virals; AZT; Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs); Safety; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AZATHIOPRINE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; GOATS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 0034752373     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3089.2001.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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