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Adaptation in the env gene of HIV-1 and evolutionary theories of disease progression.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Aug 2003
Williamson Scott
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The exact mechanisms by which HIV overwhelms the immune system remain poorly understood. Among the several explanations of HIV disease progression, most include adaptation of the viral genome to the host environment as a causal factor. Therefore, quantifying the rate and pattern of adaptive evolution within infected patients is critical to understanding the development of AIDS. Using sequence data from infected...
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