Epigenetic regulation of telomerase expression in HIV-1-specific CD8 + T cells

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1964-1966

  Williams, Katie ^a   Seiss, Katherine ^a   Beamon, Jill ^a   Pereyra, Florencia ^a   Rosenberg, Eric S ^b   Walker, Bruce D ^a   Yu, Xu G ^a   Lichterfeld, Mathias ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TELOMERASE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 77954758118     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833c7170     Document Type: Article

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