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Genetic and functional heterogeneity of CNS-derived tat alleles from patients with HIV-associated dementia.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Feb 2011
Cowley Daniel, Gray Lachlan R, Wesselingh Steven L, Gorry Paul R, Churchill Melissa J
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) demonstrates a high degree of viral diversity which has an impact on viral fitness. Genetic compartmentalization of HIV-1 proteins between central nervous system (CNS) and lymphoid tissues is well established and reflects altered requirements for HIV-1 replication in macrophages/microglia, brain-specific immune selection pressures and possibly the timing of virus...
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