Establishment of a GFP-based indicator cell line to quantitate feline foamy virus

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-131

  Phung, Hang T T ^a   Tohya, Yukinobu ^a   Shimojima, Masayuki ^a   Kato, Kentaro ^a   Miyazawa, Takayuki ^b,c   Akashi, Hiroomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell tropism; Feline foamy virus; GFP; Titration; Transactivation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL ASSAY; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CELL; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPUMA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TITRATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELINE FOAMY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; HUMAN SPUMARETROVIRUS;

EID: 0037407013     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(03)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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