Changes in d(s)/d(n) in the HIV-1 env gene [1]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 711-714

  Nielsen, Rasmus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

d(s) d(n); HIV evolution; HIV 1 env gene; Nonsynonymous substitutions; Positive selection; Synonymous substitutions

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVELOPE GENE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LETTER; NONHUMAN; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EPITOPE; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPITOPES; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HIV-1; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033129908     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026154     Document Type: Letter

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