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Natural simian virus 40 strains are present in human choroid plexus and ependymoma tumors.
Virology - 1 Oct 1995
Lednicky J A, Garcea R L, Bergsagel D J, Butel J S
Abstract excerpt
Simian virus 40 (SV40) sequences for large tumor antigen (T-ag) were recently detected in a significant fraction of certain human brain tumors of early childhood (Bergsagel et al., N. Engl. J. Med. 326, 988-993, 1992). In the current study, we sought to determine whether authentic SV40 was present in the choroid plexus and ependymoma tumors previously examined. Polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequence analysis...
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