Development and application of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for the detection of subgroup J avian leukosis virus

Virus Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Smith, L M ^a   Brown, S R ^b   Howes, K ^a   McLeod, S ^b   Arshad, S S ^a   Barron, G S ^a   Venugopal, K ^a   McKay, J C ^b   Payne, L N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Ross Breeders Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian leukosis virus; Env gene retrovirus; PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVIAN LEUKOSIS ONCOVIRUS; BIRD; ENVELOPE GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AVES; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; AVIAN RETROVIRUS; EQUINE ARTERITIS VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; LEUKOSIS VIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0344653636     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(98)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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