Volume 129, Numbers 1-4, 357-361, DOI: 10.1007/BF01316912

Identification of human type D retrovirus as a contaminant in a neuroblastoma cell line

K. Asikainen, M. Vesanen, T. Kuittinen and A. Vaheri

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Abstract

In this report we describe a type D virus isolated from a human neuroblastoma cell line (Paju). The viral RNA was isolated, partially molecularly cloned and sequenced. Our clones were shown to be identical to a human D-type retrovirus previously isolated from a human lymphoblastoid cell line. However, we obtained no evidence for the virus in earlier passage of the Paju cell line and therefore we must consider this isolate a laboratory contamination.

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