Analysis of sequence diversity in the C2-V3 regions of the external glycoproteins of HIV type 1 in Singapore

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1601-1604

  Se Thoe, S Y ^a   Foley, B T ^b   Chan, S Y ^a   Lin, R V T P ^a   Oh, H M L ^c   Ling, A E ^a   Chew, S K ^d   Snodgrass, I ^e   Sng, J E H ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c New Changi Hospital   (Singapore)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^e TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032553580     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1998.14.1601     Document Type: Note

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