Partial characterization of retroviruses from boid snakes with inclusion body disease

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-224

  Jacobson, Elliott R ^a   Orós, Jorge ^c   Tucker, Sylvia J ^a   Pollock, David P ^a   Kelley, Karen L ^b   Munn, Robert J ^d   Lock, Brad A ^a   Mergia, Ayalew ^a   Yamamoto, Janet K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOA; BOA CONSTRICTOR; BOIDAE; HENOPHIDIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RETROVIRIDAE; SERPENTES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS; VIPER;

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SNAKE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INCLUSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BOIDAE; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RETROVIRIDAE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

EID: 0035258794     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.217     Document Type: Article

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