New genotypes of TT virus (TTV) and a genotyping assay based on restriction fragment length polymorphism.

doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01231-9

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New genotypes of TT virus (TTV) and a genotyping assay based on restriction fragment length polymorphism.

FEBS letters - 23 Oct 1998

Tanaka Y, Mizokami M, Orito E, Ohno T, Nakano T, Kato T, Kato H, Mukaide M, Park Y M, Kim B S, Ueda R

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A phylogenetic analysis, using the open reading frame I sequence of 93 TT viruses (TTV) obtained from various geographical areas, indicated that the virus could be classified into six different genotypes including three hitherto unreported genotypes. The high reliability of the six clusters was c...

Topics

Base Sequence
DNA Viruses
DNA, Viral
Genotype
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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