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Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase reporter gene mutation for analysis of in vivo clonal amplification in patients with HTLV type 1-associated Myelopathy/Tropical spastic paraparesis.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Nov 2000
Albertini R J, Ardell S K, Judice S A, Jacobson S, Allegretta M
Abstract excerpt
We tested a surrogate selection approach utilizing mutation at a reporter gene [hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (hprt)] as a probe for in vivo cell division, for detection of clonal T cell expansion in human T lymphotropic (HTLV-1) carriers. Peripheral blood samples from HTLV-1-infected individuals with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) were tested to determine the...
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