Article
HIV-1 recombination: an experimental assay and a phylogenetic approach.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2009
Moore Michael D, Chin Mario P S, Hu Wei-Shau
Abstract excerpt
The generation of genetic diversity is a fundamental characteristic of HIV-1 replication, allowing the virus to successfully evade the immune response and antiviral therapies. Although mutations are the first step towards diversity, mixing of the mutations through the process of recombination increases the variation and allows for the faster establishment of advantageous strains within the viral population....
Topics
- Cell Line
- Genetic Variation
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Phylogeny
- Recombination, Genetic
