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Alterations in HIV-1 LTR promoter activity during AIDS progression.
Virology - 5 Dec 2003
Hiebenthal-Millow Kirsten, Greenough Thomas C, Bretttler Doreen B, Schindler Michael, Wildum Steffen, Sullivan John L, Kirchhoff Frank
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 variants evolving in AIDS patients frequently show increased replicative capacity compared to those present during early asymptomatic infection. It is known that late stage HIV-1 variants often show an expanded coreceptor tropism and altered Nef function. In the present study we investigated whether enhanced HIV-1 LTR promoter activity might also evolve during disease progression. Our results demonstrate...
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