Tumor outbreaks in marine turtles are not due to recent herpesvirus mutations

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Herbst, Larry ^a   Ene, Ada ^a   Su, Mei ^a   Desalle, Rob ^b   Lenz, Jack ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4644219754     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.08.040     Document Type: Note

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