RNA silencing and HIV: A hypothesis for the etiology of the severe combined immunodeficiency induced by the virus
<p>Abstract</p> <p>A novel intrinsic HIV-1 antisense gene was previously described with RNA initiating from the region of an HIV-1 antisense initiator promoter element (HIVaINR). The antisense RNA is exactly complementary to HIV-1 sense RNA and capable of forming ~400 base-pair (bp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-09-01
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| Series: | Retrovirology |
| Online Access: | http://www.retrovirology.com/content/5/1/79 |