Article
[The LMP1 oncogene sequence variations in patients with oral tumours associated or not associated with the Epstein Barr].
Molekuliarnaia biologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Gurtsevitch V E, Iakovleva L S, Shcherbak L N, Goncharova E V, Smirnova K V, Diduk S V, Kondratova V N, Maksimovich D M, Lichtenstein A V, Seniuta N B
Abstract excerpt
The role of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a ubiquitous lymphotropic human herpesvirus type 4, in the etiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is not fully understood. The mechanism of NPC carcinogenesis, associated with the virus, is also not clear. The objective of present investigation was to carry out comparative analysis of the structure of an LMP1 oncogene of EBV in viral isolates obtained from patients...
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