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HIV-1 mutates to adapt in fluxing environments.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jan 2000
Nomaguchi Masako, Doi Naoya, Koma Takaaki, Adachi Akio
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is specifically adapted for replication, persistence, transmission, and survival in humans. HIV-1 is highly mutable in nature, and well responds to a variety of environmental pressures by altering its genome sequences. In this review, we have described experimental evidence that demonstrates this phantasmagoric property of HIV-1.
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