Reverse transcriptase activity and particle production in B lymphoblastoid cell lines established from lymphocytes of patients with multiple sclerosis

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-291

  Christensen, Tove ^a   Tönjes, Ralf R ^b   Megede, Jan Zur ^b   Boller, Klaus ^b   Møller Larsen, Anné ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOBLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS PARTICLE;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RETROVIRIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRION;

EID: 2442769296     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299311466     Document Type: Article

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