High frequency of recombinant genomes in HIV type 1 samples from Brazilian southeastern and southern regions

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 1261-1269

  Guimarães, Monick Lindenmeyer ^a   Dos Santos Moreira, Aline ^a   Loureiro, Regina ^b   Galvão Castro, Bernardo ^a   Morgado, Mariza Gonçalves ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Pub Healthy Secretariat of RS State   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; NEF PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP41; HIV-1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036940870     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922202320886307     Document Type: Article

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