Protocol for nearly full-length sequencing of HIV-1 RNA from plasma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Nadai, Yuka ^a   Eyzaguirre, Lindsay M ^a   Constantine, Niel T ^a   Sill, Anne M ^a   Cleghorn, Farley ^b   Blattner, William A ^a   Carr, Jean K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Palladium Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMA; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

HIV-1; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 38949175402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001420     Document Type: Article

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