Article
Genotypic analysis of Epstein-Barr virus associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma of Japanese patients.
Japanese journal of cancer research : Gann - 1 Mar 1993
Tamura S, Kunimoto M, Tabata T, Yoshie O
Abstract excerpt
Types and certain genetic markers were studied for Epstein-Barr virus present in 10 specimens of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) from Japanese patients. The type 1 virus was predominant in our NPC specimens, as in the general Japanese population, and the type 2 virus was found only in one NPC specimen. The type C variant, which lacks the BamHI site between the BamHI-W1* and -I1* regions, appeared to be common...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antibodies, Viral
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Carcinoma
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- DNA, Single-Stranded
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Herpesvirus 4, Human