Infectious molecular clones with the nonhomologous dimer initiation sequences found in different subtypes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 can recombine and initiate a spreading infection in vitro

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 3991-3998

  St Louis, Daniel C ^a,c   Gotte, Deanna ^a   Sanders Buell, Eric ^a   Ritchey, David W ^a   Salminen, Mika O ^a,b   Carr, Jean K ^a   McCutchan, Francine E ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Henry M Jackson Found Res Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031977440     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.5.3991-3998.1998     Document Type: Article

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