Article
Full-length sequence of an ethiopian human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolate of genetic subtype C.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 20 Sept 1996
Salminen M O, Johansson B, Sönnerborg A, Ayehunie S, Gotte D, Leinikki P, Burke D S, McCutchan F E
Abstract excerpt
Genetic subtype C of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) has established foci of infection in India and in at least eight African countries, and is expected to contribute significantly to the global pandemic. Here we report the first almost full-length sequence of a subtype C HIV-1 from Ethiopia. Clone C2220, 9031 nt in length, was derived by long PCR amplification of proviral DNA from virus cultured...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Ethiopia
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Viral
- HIV Seropositivity
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Phylogeny
