Detection of a novel truncating Merkel cell polyomavirus large T antigen deletion in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells

Blood

Volumn 116, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 5280-5284

  Deepa Pantulu, N ^a   Pallasch, Christian P ^b   Kurz, Anna Kordelia ^a   Kassem, Ahmad ^a   Frenzel, Lukas ^b   Sodenkamp, Sebastian ^a   Kvasnicka, Hans Michael ^c   Wendtner, Clemens M ^b   Zur Hausen, Axel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMA VIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 78650071335     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-02-269829     Document Type: Article

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