RNA silencing as a cellular defense against HIV-1 infection: Progress and issues

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3937-3945

  Sanghvi, Viraj R ^a,b   Steel, Laura F ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral response; TAT; TRBP

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; RNA;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENE SILENCING; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EUKARYOTA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868097081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-210765     Document Type: Review

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