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BAMHI DNA fragment H-polymorphism of Epstein-Barr virus is associated with the mutations present in an 89 BP sequence localized in EBNA2 gene.
Virus genes - 1 Aug 2004
Sheng Wang, Bouguermouh Abdelmadjide, Bouzid Maklouf, Djennaoui Djamel, Ooka Tadamasa
Abstract excerpt
To characterize the genotypes of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) isolate present in North Africa, viruses were isolated from B-lymphoblastoid cell lines established from the saliva of both Algerian Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) patients and EBV-positive normal individuals, Algerian Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines, and NPC biopsies. By nucleotide sequence analysis, we showed that there were two specific missense mutations...
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