Contamination of human DNA samples with mouse DNA can lead to false detection of XMRV-like sequences

BACKGROUND: In 2006, a novel gammaretrovirus, XMRV (xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus), was discovered in some prostate tumors. A more recent study indicated that this infectious retrovirus can be detected in 67% of patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), but only very f...

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Autores principales: Oakes, Brendan, Tai, Albert K, Cingöz, Oya, Henefield, Madeleine H, Levine, Susan, Coffin, John M, Huber, Brigitte T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21171973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-7-109

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21171973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-7-109

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