Genotypic characteristics of HTLV-II isolates from Amerindian and non-Indian populations.

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Genotypic characteristics of HTLV-II isolates from Amerindian and non-Indian populations.

Virus genes - 1 Jan 1995

Pardi D, Hjelle B, Folks T M, Lal R B

Abstract excerpt

The Amerindian human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II isolate HTLV-IIG12 has been demonstrated to be an HTLV-IIb with several unique features, including several restriction enzyme site changes, a distinctive pre-gag region, a stop codon within the pol gene, and an extended Tax protein. In this s...

Topics

Base Sequence
Genes, env
Genes, gag
Genes, pol
Genotype
HTLV-II Infections
Human T-lymphotropic virus 2
Humans
Indians, Central American
Indians, North American
Molecular Sequence Data
Protein Precursors
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Tumor Cells, Cultured

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