Dynamics of HIV-1 mRNA expression in patients with long-term nonprogressive HIV-1 infection

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 893-903

  Comar, Manola ^a   Simonelli, Cecilia ^b   Zanussi, Stefania ^b   De Paoli, Paolo ^b   Vaccher, Emanuela ^b   Tirelli, Umberto ^b   Giacca, Mauro ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Competitive polymerase chain reaction; Pathogenesis; Provirus; Transcription

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0030768855     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119605     Document Type: Article

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