Molecular and phylogenetic analysis of HIV type 1 vpr sequences of South African strains

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-362

  Romani, Bizhan ^a   Glashoff, Richard ^a   Engelbrecht, Susan ^a,b,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c Division of Medical Virology   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; VPR PROTEIN; VPR PROTEIN, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOUTH AFRICA; VPR GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 65449149840     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2008.0251     Document Type: Article

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