Localization of Fibropapilloma-associated Turtle Herpesvirus in Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) by In-Situ Hybridization

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 218-225

  Kang, K I ^a   Torres Velez, F J ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Moore, P A ^b   Moore, D P ^c   Rivera, S ^d   Brown, C C ^a  

^a Department of Pathology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Caribbean Ctr for Advanced Studies   (Puerto Rico)

^d ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

in situ hybridization; turtle fibropapilloma; turtle herpesvirus

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROMA; HERPES VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TURTLE; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FIBROMA; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PAPILLOMA; RNA, VIRAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TURTLES;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; FIBROPAPILLOMA-ASSOCIATED TURTLE HERPESVIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 55049120474     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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