N-acetyl-L-cysteine-induced up-regulation of HIV-1 gene expression in monocyte-derived macrophages correlates with increased NF-κB DNA binding activity

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-39

  Nottet, Hans S L M ^a   Moelans, Inge I M D ^a   De Vos, N Machiel ^a   De Graaf, Loek ^a   Visser, Maarten R ^a   Verhoef, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AIDS therapy; chloramphenicol acetyltransferase assays; oxygen radical scavengers; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MACROPHAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031042011     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlb.61.1.33     Document Type: Article

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