Article
Syncytium-inducing (SI) phenotype suppression at seroconversion after intramuscular inoculation of a non-syncytium-inducing/SI phenotypically mixed human immunodeficiency virus population.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 1995
Cornelissen M, Mulder-Kampinga G, Veenstra J, Zorgdrager F, Kuiken C, Hartman S, Dekker J, van der Hoek L, Sol C, Coutinho R
Abstract excerpt
Two distinct biological phenotypes of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been described: the non-syncytium-inducing (NSI) phenotype, best characterized by the inability to infect MT-2 cells, and the syncytium-inducing (SI) phenotype, with the ability to infect MT-2 cells. The earliest virus...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cell Fusion
- Consensus Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Genes, env
- Genes, gag
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Envelope Protein gp120
- HIV Seropositivity
- HIV-1