Article
The tempo and mode of SIV quasispecies development in vivo calls for massive viral replication and clearance.
Virology - 20 Apr 1995
Pelletier E, Saurin W, Cheynier R, Letvin N L, Wain-Hobson S
Abstract excerpt
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) quasispecies development was followed in four monkeys (Macacca fascicularis) infected by intramuscular inoculation of phage lambda-SIVmac239 DNA. Rooted phylogenetic trees were reconstructed and used to interpret the data. The rate of fixation of base substitutions varied within and between animals reaching 3.3 x 10(-2) per site per year. These data suggest that the tempo of...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Macaca fascicularis
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
