Variable sequences in the long terminal repeat and Its downstream region of some of HIV Type 1 CRF01_AE recently distributing among Thai carriers.
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proviral DNA sequences in and downstream of the 5' long terminal repeat (LTR) were compared among samples obtained from 13 HIV-1 CRF01_AE-infected individuals in Thailand from 1998 to 1999. Eleven individuals had highly conserved sequences compared with previously reported CRF01_AE viruses. However, T cell-specific factor (TCF)-1alpha motif, which is located just beside the 3' terminus of the nef sequence, was duplicated in 2 out of the 13 subjects, one of whom had also lost the 24 nucleotides next to the 3' of the primer-binding site. Thus, several characteristics of CRF01_AE LTR and gag-leader sequence were identified in some samples recently obtained in Thailand.
Kurosu
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Department of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Mukai
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Auwanit
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Ayuthaya
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Saeng-Aroon
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Ikuta
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D001483:Base Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016322:HIV Enhancer; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology*; D016325:HIV Long Terminal Repeat; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013785:Thailand
D004279:DNA, Viral