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Molecular characterization of the human T cell lymphotropic virus type 2 long terminal repeat region: A discussion about possible influences at viral gene expression.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jan 2014
Barreto Fernanda K, Rego Felipe F A, Fonseca Loianna M, Galvão-Castro-Filho Bernardo, Araújo Thessika H A, Mota-Miranda Aline Cristina A, Monteiro-Cunha Joana P, Alcantara Luiz Carlos J
Abstract excerpt
This study aimed to identify nucleotide signatures in the promoter region of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2) isolated from infected individuals from Salvador, Brazil and in sequences from the GenBank database. DNA samples from HTLV-2-infected individuals were submitted to nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing, and molecular analyses were performed using bioinformatics tools. The...
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