Published in AIDS Weekly, January 16th, 2006
Study 1: Simian immunodeficiency virus integration preference is similar to that of HIV-1.
"Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is a useful model for studying human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pathogenesis and vaccine efficacy. As with all other retroviruses, integration is a necessary step in the replication cycle of SIV," scientists in the United States report.
"The location of the retrovirus integration site is known to impact on viral gene expression, establishment of viral latency, and other aspects of the replication cycle of a...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-01-16)
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