TT virus is shown in the liver by in situ hybridization with a PCR-generated probe from the serum TTV-DNA

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 424-428

  Ohbayashi, Hideo ^a   Tanaka, Yujiro ^a,b   Ohoka, Shinya ^a   Chinzei, Ryouko ^a   Kakinuma, Sei ^a   Goto, Mieko ^a   Watanabe, Mamoru ^a   Marumo, Fumiaki ^a   Sato, Chifumi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

in situ hybridization; Liver; TT virus

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0035040282     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02460.x     Document Type: Article

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