Absence of intact nef sequences in a long-term survivor with nonprogressive hiv-1 infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 228-232

  Kirchhoff, Frank ^a   Desrosiers, Ronald C ^a   Greenough, Thomas C ^b   Sullivan, John L ^b   Brettler, Doreen B ^c  

^a NEW ENGLAND PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Med Center of Central Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; NEF PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTANT;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, NEF; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0028835788     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199501263320405     Document Type: Article

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