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The Nucleotide Sequence of Koala ( <i>Phascolarctos cinereus</i> ) Retrovirus: a Novel Type C Endogenous Virus Related to Gibbon Ape Leukemia Virus
1 May 2000
Abstract excerpt
A novel retrovirus, morphologically consistent with mammalian C-type retroviruses, was detected by electron microscopy in mitogen-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cell cultures from 163 koalas and in lymphoma tissue from 3 koalas. PCR amplified provirus from the blood and tissues of 17 wild and captive koalas, and reverse transcriptase-PCR demonstrated viral mRNA, viral genomic RNA, and reverse...
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