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Molecular and biological characterization of a Marek's disease virus field strain with reticuloendotheliosis virus LTR insert.
Virus genes - 1 Apr 2010
Cui Zhizhong, Zhuang Guoqin, Xu Xiaoyun, Sun Aijun, Su Shuai
Abstract excerpt
A Marek's disease virus (MDV) field strain designated GX0101 was isolated from a layer flock and confirmed to be a recombinant virus with an insert of a long terminal repeat (LTR) from the reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV). A chimeric molecule containing an REV-LTR insert of 539 bp and its flanking sequences from MDV was amplified and sequenced. An REV-LTR downstream from the Internal Repeat Short (IRS) region...
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