| Literature DB >> 20090040 |
I Literak1, B Robesova, V Majlathova, I Majlath, P Kulich, P Fabian, E Roubalova.
Abstract
Papillomatous skin lesions from a green lizard (Lacerta viridis) were examined histologically, using electron microscopy and DNA was isolated from the lesions for herpes-viral DNA detection. Histology confirmed the lesions to be squamous epithelial papillomas. Using electron microscopy, no virus particles were detected. The specific sequence of herpesviral DNA-directed DNA polymerase (EC 2.7.7.7) was amplified using degenerate primers in a nested format. The 235-base-pair (bp) sequence was sequenced and compared with previously published DNA-directed DNA polymerase sequences from various reptile herpesviruses. The sequence from the green lizard showed significant similarity with sequence of fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesviruses from sea turtles.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20090040 DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.257
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Wildl Dis ISSN: 0090-3558 Impact factor: 1.535