Article
Partial "repair" of defective NEF genes in a long-term nonprogressor with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Carl S, Daniels R, Iafrate A J, Easterbrook P, Greenough T C, Skowronski J, Kirchhoff F
Abstract excerpt
A 36-bp deletion close to the 5' end of NEF that impaired Nef function was found in a long-term nonprogressor with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. Forms containing an adjacent duplication of 33 bp were also frequently observed. The duplication showed no homology to the deleted region but restored the overall length of the first variable loop of Nef. NEF alleles carrying the duplication were...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Case-Control Studies
- DNA Repair
- Gene Duplication
- Gene Products, nef
- Genes, nef
- HIV Infections
- HIV Long-Term Survivors
- HIV-1
