Bovine leukemia virus high tax molecular clone experimentally induces leukemia/lymphoma in sheep

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1231-1235

  Okada, Kosuke ^a   Nakae, Norihiro ^a   Kuramochi, Konomi ^a   Yin, Shan Ai ^a   Ikeda, Manabu ^a   Takami, Shigeaki ^a   Hirata, Tou Ichi ^a   Goryo, Masanobu ^a   Numakunai, Shigeru ^a   Takeshima, Shin Nosuke ^b   Takahashi, Masahiko ^b   Tajima, Shigeru ^b   Konnai, Satoru ^c   Onuma, Misao ^c   Aida, Yoko ^b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine leukemia virus; Lymphoma; Molecular clone; Sheep; Tax

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 51; TAX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE PRODUCTS, TAX; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, ACUTE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA, LYMPHOBLASTIC; MYOCARDIUM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 30344441253     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.67.1231     Document Type: Article

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