DC-SIGN points the way to a novel mechanism for HIV-1 transmission

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Masso, Majid ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD209 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; LECTIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME 19P; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SPLICING; GENE LOCATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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