A polymerase chain reaction method for the amplification of full-length envelope genes of HIV-1 from DNA samples containing single molecules of HIV-1 provirus

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-80

  McClure, Patrick ^a   Curran, Rebecca ^a   Boneham, Steven ^a   Ball, Jonathan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Envelope; gp160; HIV 1; Limiting dilution PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVELOPE GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, ENV; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP160; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVIRUSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE;

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

EID: 0033884832     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(00)00179-8     Document Type: Article

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