Molecular characterization of the HIV type 1 vpr gene in infected Chinese former blood/plasma donors at different stages of diseases

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 661-666

  Shen, Chengli ^a,b   Gupta, Phalguni ^a   Wu, Hao ^b   Chen, Xinyue ^b   Huang, Xiaojie ^b   Zhou, Yusen ^c   Chen, Yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A11 ANTIGEN; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; VPR PROTEIN;

AIDS PATIENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PURIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; CHINA; GENES, VPR; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HIV-1; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-A2 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 42449148770     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2007.0270     Document Type: Article

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