Article
A genetic-algorithm approach to simulating human immunodeficiency virus evolution reveals the strong impact of multiply infected cells and recombination.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2005
Bocharov Gennady, Ford Neville J, Edwards John, Breinig Tanja, Wain-Hobson Simon, Meyerhans Andreas
Abstract excerpt
It has been previously shown that the majority of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected splenocytes can harbour multiple, divergent proviruses with a copy number ranging from one to eight. This implies that, besides point mutations, recombination should be considered as an important mechanism in the evolution of HIV within an infected host. To explore in detail the possible contributions of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
