Genetic characterization of HIV TYPE 1 tat exon 1 from a Southern Indian clinical cohort: Identification of unique epidemiological signature residues

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 952-956

  Neogi, Ujjwal ^a,b   Gupta, Soham ^a   Sahoo, Pravat Nalini ^a   Shet, Anita ^a   Rao, Shwetha D ^a   Ranga, Udaykumar ^c   Prasad, Vinayaka R ^d  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84865527007     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2011.0380     Document Type: Article

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