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Envelope gene sequences of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in Taiwan.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 1996
Lin M T, Chen Y C, Chen P J, Yang Y C, Tang J L, Wu J M, Chuang S E, Yang C S
Abstract excerpt
Three major types of HTLV-1 had been proposed, the Melanesian type, the Zairian type, and the cosmopolitan type, which was further divided into subtypes A, B and C, according to the phylogenetic tree constructed from LTR sequences of current HTLV-isolates. In this study, the envelope gene sequences of HTLV-1 from 9 Taiwanese were analyzed. Based on the phylogenetic tree constructed by unweighted pair group method...
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