Antimicrobial peptides melittin and cecropin inhibit replication of human immunodeficiency virus 1 by suppressing viral gene expression

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 731-740

  Wachinger, Michael ^a   Kleinschmidt, Andrea ^a,b   Winder, David ^b   Von Pechmann, Naciye ^a   Ludvigsen, Alexandra ^a   Neumann, Markus ^a   Holle, Rolf ^a   Salmons, Brian ^b   Erfle, Volker ^a   Brack Werner, Ruth ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Nordic GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CECROPIN; GAG PROTEIN; MELITTIN; VIRUS MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 6844241933     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-4-731     Document Type: Article

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