Type-specific antigens for serological discrimination of HTLV-I and HTLV-II infection
โ Scribed by Chen, Y.A.; Lee, T.-H.; Essex, M.; Wiktor, S.Z.; Blattner, W.A.; Shaw, G.M.; Murphy, E.L.
- Book ID
- 123270141
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 451 KB
- Volume
- 336
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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## Abstract Using the peptides from amino acids 100โ130 of the HTLVโI gag protein, 175โ199 of the HTLVโI env protein and the corresponding peptides of HTLVโII (amino acids 106 to 135 of the gag protein and 171 to 196 of the env protein), we tested for reactivity against antibodies by enzyme immunoa
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