Sensitive detection and quantification of particle-associated reverse transcriptase in plasma of HIV-1-infected individuals by the product-enhanced reverse transcriptase (PERT) assay

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-28

  Böni, Jürg ^a   Pyra, Halina ^a   Schüpbach, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase; Reverse transcriptase; RNA dependent

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIRUS DETECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME TESTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0029920125     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199605)49:1<23::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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