The use of chemical modification interference and inverse PCR mutagenesis to identify the dimerization initiation site of HIV-1 genomic RNA

Pharmaceutica Acta Helvetiae

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-28

  Paillart, Jean Christophe ^a   Skripkin, Eugene ^a   Ehresmann, Bernard ^a   Ehresmann, Chantal ^a   Marquet, Roland ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical interference; Dimerization; HIV 1; Polymerase chain reaction; Retroviral RNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS;

EID: 0030008782     PISSN: 00316865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-6865(95)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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