Phylogenetic Analysis of Porcine Endogenous Retroviruses Expressed in Chinese Pigs Based on Envelope Sequences

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2252-2257

  Li, Z ^a   Ping, Y ^a   Shengfu, L ^a   Youping, L ^a   Jingqiu, C ^a   Hong, B ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ENVELOPE GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; LENTIVIRINAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORCINE ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SWINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHINA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAPIO; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33846003735     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.06.097     Document Type: Article

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