Epstein-Barr virus in nasal lymphomas contains multiple ongoing mutations in the EBNA-1 gene.

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Epstein-Barr virus in nasal lymphomas contains multiple ongoing mutations in the EBNA-1 gene.

Blood - 15 Jul 1998

Gutiérrez M I, Spangler G, Kingma D, Raffeld M, Guerrero I, Misad O, Jaffe E S, Magrath I T, Bhatia K

Abstract excerpt

We have described 5 major subtypes of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) based on variations in EBNA-1 sequences. These include P-ala (identical to the prototype B95.8 virus), P-thr, V-pro, V-leu, and V-val. Normal individuals often carry multiple EBV subtypes, the most common being P-ala, whereas EBV-asso...

Topics

Genes, Viral
Genetic Variation
Genome, Viral
Herpesvirus 4, Human
Humans
Lymphoma
Mutation
Nose Neoplasms

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