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Quantification of simian immunodeficiency virus cytotoxic T lymphocyte escape mutant viruses.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Aug 2008
Loh Liyen, Kent Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Escape from cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) pressure is common in HIV-1 infection of humans and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infections of macaques. CTL escape typically incurs a fitness cost as reversion back to wild-type can occur upon transmission. We utilized sequence-specific primers and DNA probes with real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to sensitively and specifically track wild-type and escape...
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