MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN FOAMY VIRUS

Authors
SAIB A DETHE H
Citation
A. Saib et H. Dethe, MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN FOAMY VIRUS, Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology, 13, 1996, pp. 254-260
Citations number
72
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10779450
Volume
13
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
1
Pages
254 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
1077-9450(1996)13:<254:MOTHFV>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Foamy viruses also known as spumaretroviruses are complex retroviruses infecting cell lines with no apparent specific cellular tropism and i nduce the formation of multinucleated cells with numerous vacuoles. Fa r less well characterized than oncoviruses and lentiviruses, this clas s of viruses is thought to be innocuous in vivo. However, several impo rtant discoveries on foamy viruses brought new insights in the field o f retrovirology.