Genome editing strategies: potential tools for eradicating HIV-1/AIDS

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 310-321

  Khalili, Kamel ^a   Kaminski, Rafal ^a   Gordon, Jennifer ^a   Cosentino, Laura ^a   Hu, Wenhui ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; CRISPR Cas9; Cure; Genome editing; HIV 1 integration; Latent reservoir

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; RIBONUCLEASE; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PROCEDURES; VIRUS GENOME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMALS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; GENETIC THERAPY; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84939961087     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: 15382443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13365-014-0308-9     Document Type: Article

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