DNA sequence analysis of the long terminal repeat of the C subtype of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 from southern Africa reveals a dichotomy between B subtype and African subtypes on the basis of upstream NF-IL6 motif

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 719-724

  Zacharova, Viera ^a   Becker, Michael L B ^b   Zachar, Vladimír ^c,d   Ebbesen, Peter ^c   Goustin, Anton Scott ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0031005098     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1997.13.719     Document Type: Article

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