Genetic Characterization of Natural Variants of Vpu from HIV-1 Infected Individuals from Northern India and Their Impact on Virus Release and Cell Death

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Verma, Sachin ^a   Ronsard, Larance ^a   Kapoor, Richa ^a   Banerjea, Akhil C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; UBIQUITINATION; VIRUS RELEASE; VIRUS VIRULENCE; VPU B GENE; VPU C GENE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HEK293 CELLS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEINS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84875553536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059283     Document Type: Article

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