A novel deletion in the LTR region of a Greek small ruminant lentivirus may be associated with low pathogenicity

Virus Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 178-184

  Angelopoulou, K ^a   Brellou, G D ^a   Greenland, T ^b   Vlemmas, I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

CAEV; LTR; MVV; R region; SRLV

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN AML; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAPRINE ARTHRITIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GREECE; LENTIVIRINAE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; VISNA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GREECE; LENTIVIRUS; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRINE ARTHRITIS-ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SMALL RUMINANT LENTIVIRUS;

EID: 33646487781     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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