An unusual HIV type 1 env sequence embedded in a mosaic virus from cameroon: Identification of a new env clade

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 1585-1589

  Roques, P ^a   Menu, E ^b,c   Narwa, R ^a   Scarlatti, G ^d   Tresoldi, E ^d   Damond, F ^e,f   Mauclere P ^g   Dormont, D ^a   Chaouat, G ^c   Simon, F ^e,f   Barre Sinoussi F ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^g CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOSAIC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAMEROON; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENES, ENV; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOSAIC VIRUSES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033589706     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299309883     Document Type: Article

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