Article
Analysis of envelope sequence variants suggests multiple mechanisms of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 1995
Briant L, Wade C M, Puel J, Brown A J, Guyader M
Abstract excerpt
In order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms involved in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) mother-to-child transmission, we have analyzed the genetic variation within the V3 hypervariable domain and flanking regions of the HIV-1 envelope gene in four mother-child transmission pairs. Phylogenetic analysis and amino acid sequence comparison were performed on cell-associated viral sequences derived from...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Gene Products, env
- Genetic Heterogeneity
- Glycosylation
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
