Continuous crossover (s) events of HIV-1 CRF01Æ and B subtype strain in Malaysia: Evidence of rapid and extensive HIV -1 evolution in the region

Current HIV Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-116

  Lau, Katherine A ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Kamarulzaman, Adeeba ^b   Ng, Kee Peng ^b   Saksena, Nitin K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CRF01 ; CRF01 B inter subtype recombinant; HIV 1; Malaysia; Subtype B; Unique recombinant form

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; POL PROTEIN; VIF PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MALAYSIA; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 41249100309     PISSN: 1570162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016208783885010     Document Type: Review

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