title: Analysis of early human immunodeficiency virus type 1 DNA synthesis by use of a new sensitive assay for quantifying integrated provirus.
abstract: A novel Alu-long terminal repeat (LTR)-based real-time nested-PCR assay was developed to quantify integrated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) DNA in infected cells with both accuracy and high sensitivity (six proviruses within 50,000 cell equivalents). Parallel assays for total HIV-1 DNA and two-LTR HIV-1 DNA circles allowed the synthesis and fate of the different HIV-1 DNA species to be monitored upon a single round of viral replication.
authors.affiliation: Département des Maladies Infectieuses, Institut Cochin, INSERM U567, CNRS UMR 8104, Université René Descartes, 22 rue Méchain, 75014 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brussel
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sonigo
mesh_terms: D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016325:HIV Long Terminal Repeat; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016662:Virus Integration
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral