NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES HOMOLOGOUS TO HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ARE PRESENT IN PIG AND WILD BOAR CELLS

Hiroo HOSHINO; Hiroko TANAKA; Kunitada SHIMOTOHNO; Masanao MIWA; Norihiro OKADA; Takashi SUGIMURA

doi:10.20772/cancersci1959.75.10_849

Hiroo HOSHINO, Hiroko TANAKA, Kunitada SHIMOTOHNO, Masanao MIWA, Norihiro OKADA, Takashi SUGIMURA

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Keywords: Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, Human T-cell leukemia virus, Adult T-cell leukemia virus, Pig cell, Southern blot hybridization

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1984 Volume 75 Issue 10 Pages 849-852

DOI https://doi.org/10.20772/cancersci1959.75.10_849

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Abstract

DNAs were isolated from about 30 species of animals and digested with EcoRI. DNA fragments of about 20-30 kilobase pairs from pig and wild boar cells hybridized with a probe for the pol gene of human T-cell leukemia virus type I.

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