Grossly defective nef gene sequences in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-seropositive long-term nonprogressor

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 3646-3657

  Salvi, Roberto ^a,d   Garbuglia, Anna Rosa ^a   Di Caro, Antonino ^a   Pulciani, Simonetta ^b   Montella, Francesco ^c   Benedetto, Arrigo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031979771     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.5.3646-3657.1998     Document Type: Article

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