Article
HIV-1 genetic diversity.
AIDS (London, England) - 1 Dec 1996
McCutchan F E, Salminen M O, Carr J K, Burke D S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HIV-1 evolves by rapid mutation and by recombination, both processes actively contributing to its genetic diversity. Most of the multiple genetic subtypes and intersubtype recombinations of HIV-1 that comprise the global pandemic have not been characterized by full genome sequencing....
Topics
- DNA, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Viral
- HIV Envelope Protein gp41
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Phylogeny
- Recombination, Genetic
- Sequence Alignment
- Serotyping