Molecular characterization of HIV type 1 BF pol recombinants from São Paulo, Brazil

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1521-1525

  De Souza, Ana Carolina Mamana Fernandes ^a   De Oliveira, Cristina Mendes ^a   De Lima Rodrigues, Célia Luiza ^a   Silva, Synara Alexandre Araújo ^a   Levi, José Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMA; VIROLOGY;

POL PROTEIN;

BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMA; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 58149119452     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2008.0089     Document Type: Article

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