Effects of RNA splicing and post-transcriptional regulation on HIV-1 growth: A quantitative and integrated perspective

IEE Proceedings Systems Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 138-151

  Kim, Hwijin ^a   Yin, J ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RATE CONSTANTS; RNA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUSES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KINETIC MODEL; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; RNA SPLICING;

BIOLOGY;

MESSENGER RNA; REV PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIROGENESIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HIV-1; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA SPLICING; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 25844449407     PISSN: 17412471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-syb:20050004     Document Type: Review

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