Identification and characterization of a new and distinct molecular subtype of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 2

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1481-1492

  Eiraku, Nobutaka ^a   Novoa, Patricia ^b   Costa Ferreira, Marizete D A ^b   Monken, Claude ^c   Ishak, Ricardo ^d   Costa Ferreira, Orlando D A ^b   Zhu, Shi Wei ^a   Lorenco, Rosemarie ^b   Ishak, Marluisa ^d   Azvedo, Vania ^d   Guerreiro, Joao ^d   De Oliveira, Maria Pombo ^e   Loureiro, Paula ^f   Hammerschlak, Nelson ^g   Ijichi, Shinji ^h   Hall, William W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Emilo Ribas Inst of Infect Dis

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^f HEMOPE   (Brazil)

^g HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^h KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; TAX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 9044235582     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.3.1481-1492.1996     Document Type: Article

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