Human T-cell leukemia virus type 2 post-transcriptional control protein p28 is required for viral infectivity and persistence in vivo

Table 1 Detection of HTLV-2 sequences in PBMCs from inoculated rabbits^a

^aGenomic DNA was isolated from rabbit PBMCs and subjected to standard PCR (40 cycles) using HTLV-2 specific primers (TRE-pH6-S/TRE-pH6-AS). -, no amplified PCR fragment; +, amplified PCR fragment.
^bNumbers in parentheses at wk 11 denote copy number per 1000 cells of rabbit PBMC as determined by real-time RT PCR. Copy numbers in rabbits inoculated with 729.HTLV-2Δp28 at wk 11 were significantly different than 729.HTLV-2 as determined by ANOVA followed by Turkey's test (p<0.00032)

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