Article
Molecular phylogeny and dissemination of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I viewed within the context of primate evolution and human migration.
Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) - 1 Jan 1995
Yanagihara R, Saitou N, Nerurkar V R, Song K J, Bastian I, Franchini G, Gajdusek D C
Abstract excerpt
A renewed interest in the emergence and evolution of the primate T-cell lymphotropic viruses has followed the discovery of genetically distinct variants of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in Melanesia and Australia. Phylogenetic trees based on selected regions of the gag, pol, env...
Topics
- Africa
- Americas
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Asia, Southeastern
- Australia
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Cell Line
- DNA, Viral
- Deltaretrovirus Infections
- Emigration and Immigration
- Epitopes
- Female
- Genes, Viral
- HTLV-I Infections
- History, 16th Century
- History, 19th Century