HTLV type I (U. S. isolate) and ATLV (Japanese isolate) are the same species of human retrovirus

Virology. 1984 Feb;133(1):238-41. doi: 10.1016/0042-6822(84)90446-x.

Abstract

Two independent isolates of human leukemia virus, human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) and adult T-cell leukemia virus (ATLV), are shown to be the same by blotting analysis using gene-specific probes and restriction enzymes. Therefore, Japanese ATL virus and Caribbean HTLV type I, which are exogenous for human, have a common origin.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Base Sequence
  • Cell Line
  • DNA, Viral / genetics
  • DNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Deltaretrovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Genes, Viral
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Molecular Weight
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Species Specificity
  • United States

Substances

  • DNA, Viral