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Fine structure of human- and monkey-derived type C virus particles in monkey lymphoid cell lines expressing adult T-cell leukemia-associated antigens

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Ultrastructures of Japanese monkey(Macaca fuscata)-derived type C virus particles in a monkey lymphoid cell line, expressing adult T-cell leukemia (ATL)-associated antigens, are indistinguishable from those of human ATL-associated virus in human and monkey cell lines.

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Ohtsuki, Y., Miyoshi, I., Yoshimoto, S. et al. Fine structure of human- and monkey-derived type C virus particles in monkey lymphoid cell lines expressing adult T-cell leukemia-associated antigens. Archives of Virology 81, 329–335 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01310003

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