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Somatic mutation in human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 provirus and flanking cellular sequences during clonal expansion in vivo.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 7 Mar 2001
Mortreux F, Leclercq I, Gabet A S, Leroy A, Westhof E, Gessain A, Wain-Hobson S, Wattel E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), the causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, shows intrapatient genetic variability. Although HTLV-1 can replicate via the reverse transcription of virion RNA to a double-stranded DNA provirus (the conventional manner for retroviruses), its predominant mode of replication is via the clonal expansion (mitosis) of the infected cell. This expansion...
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