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Genotypic inference of HIV-1 tropism using population-based sequencing of V3.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE - 27 Dec 2010
McGovern Rachel A, Harrigan P Richard, Swenson Luke C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Prior to receiving a drug from CCR5-antagonist class in HIV therapy, a patient must undergo an HIV tropism test to confirm that his or her viral population uses the CCR5 coreceptor for cellular entry, and not an alternative coreceptor. One approach to tropism testing is to examine the sequence of the V3 region of the HIV envelope, which interacts with the coreceptor. METHODS: Viral RNA is extracted...
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