Phylogenetic analysis of Merkel cell polyomavirus based on full-length LT and VP1 gene sequences derived from neoplastic tumours in Japanese patients

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 95, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 135-141

  Hashida, Yumiko ^a   Imajoh, Masayuki ^a   Kamioka, Mikio ^a   Taniguchi, Ayuko ^a   Kuroda, Naoto ^b   Hayashi, Kazuhiko ^c   Nakajima, Hideki ^a   Sano, Shigetoshi ^a   Daibata, Masanori ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP1; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAPHYLY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84890282915     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.058149-0     Document Type: Article

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