[HTLV-I nucleotide sequence in the cell genome of a patient with T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia]

Molecular cloning has been done of DNA isolated from leukocytes of a patient with T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia. Three HTLV-I-containing recombinant clones have been obtained and their restriction-hybridization analysis performed. None of the clones contained a complete HTLV-I provirus. In all clones, there have been detected nucleotide sequences corresponding to the provirus env-pX-3' LTR region.