Molecular basis of the inefficacy and possible harmful effects of AIDS vaccine candidates based on HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein gp120

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 473-474

  Veljković, Veljko ^a   Johnson, Emmett ^b   Metlaš, Radmila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV 1 gp120 160

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 160; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0030902609     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(97)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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