Genetic characterization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in elite controllers: Lack of gross genetic defects or common amino acid changes

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 8422-8430

  Miura, Toshiyuki ^a,b,c   Brockman, Mark A ^a,b   Brumme, Chanson J ^a   Brumme, Zabrina L ^a,b   Carlson, Jonathan M ^d,e   Pereyra, Florencia ^a,b   Trocha, Alicja ^a,c   Addo, Marylyn M ^a,b   Block, Brian L ^a   Rothchild, Alissa C ^a   Baker, Brett M ^a   Flynn, Theresa ^a   Schneidewind, Arne ^a,b   Li, Bin ^a,b   Wang, Yaoyu E ^a,b   Heckerman, David ^d   Allen, Todd M ^a,b   Walker, Bruce D ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^e University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GAG PROTEIN; HLA B57 ANTIGEN; NEF PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; COHORT STUDIES; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; GENE PRODUCTS, NEF; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV-1; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 50149101954     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00535-08     Document Type: Article

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