Recombination analysis and structure prediction show correlation between breakpoint clusters and RNA hairpins in the pol gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 unique recombinant forms

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3119-3125

  Galli, Andrea ^a   Lai, Alessia ^a   Corvasce, Stefano ^a   Saladini, Francesco ^b   Riva, Chiara ^a   Dehò, Lorenzo ^a   Caramma, Ilaria ^a   Franzetti, Marco ^a   Romano, Laura ^b   Galli, Massimo ^a   Zazzi, Maurizio ^b   Balotta, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; POL PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

GENE PRODUCTS, POL; GENES, POL; HIV PROTEASE; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 58149390387     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/003418-0     Document Type: Article

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