Characterization of human endogenous retrovirus type K virus-like particles generated from recombinant baculoviruses

Virology

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 280-291

  Tönjes, Ralf R ^a   Boller, Klaus ^a   Limbach, Christiane ^a   Lugert, Raimond ^a   Kurth, Reinhard ^a  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS K; INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0343554673     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8614     Document Type: Article

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