Lack of differences in nef alleles among HIV-infected asymptomatic long- term survivors and those who progressed to disease

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 1573-1575

  Mourich, Dan V ^a,b   Lee, Sandra ^a,c   Reyes Teran, Gustavo ^a,d   Mackewicz, Carl E ^a   Levy, Jay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VaxGen Inc   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEF PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENES, NEF; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES;

EID: 0033589665     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299309865     Document Type: Article

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