scholarly journals Sequence determinants of breakpoint location during HIV-1 intersubtype recombination

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Román Galetto ◽  
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Etienne Simon-Loriere ◽  
Measho Abreha ◽  
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Meijuan Tian ◽  
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Payel Bhanja ◽  
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2010 ◽  
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Cristian De Candia ◽  
Constanza Espada ◽  
Gabriel Duette ◽  
Yanina Ghiglione ◽  
Gabriela Turk ◽  
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2012 ◽  
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pp. 1967-1973 ◽  
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M. J. Ward ◽  
S. J. Lycett ◽  
M. L. Kalish ◽  
A. Rambaut ◽  
A. J. Leigh Brown

2005 ◽  
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M. P. S. Chin ◽  
T. D. Rhodes ◽  
J. Chen ◽  
W. Fu ◽  
W.-S. Hu

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (19) ◽  
pp. 9600-9613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel E. Quiñones-Mateu ◽  
Yong Gao ◽  
Sarah C. Ball ◽  
Andre J. Marozsan ◽  
Awet Abraha ◽  
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ABSTRACT The increased prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) intersubtype recombinants (ISRs) is shaping HIV-1 evolution throughout the world and will have an impact on both therapeutic and vaccine strategies. This study was designed to generate and compare in vitro ISRs to those isolated from HIV-infected individuals throughout the world. Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were dually infected with seven pairs of HIV-1 isolates from different subtypes (i.e., A to F). Recombinant crossover sites were mapped to specific regions in the envelope (env) gene by using a cloning-hybridization technique and subtype-specific probes. In vitro intersubtype recombination was at least twofold more frequent in the V1-to-V3 region than in any other env fragment, i.e., C1 to V1, V3 to V5, or V5 to gp41. Sequence and recombination site analyses suggested the C2 env domain as a “hot region” for recombination and selection of replication-competent ISRs during the 15-day incubation. In addition to these regional preferences for env recombination, homopolymeric nucleotide tracts, i.e., sequences known to pause reverse transcriptase and promote template switching, were found in most in vitro crossover sites. ISRs, originating from recent dual infections and limited transmission events, partly retained this in vitro regional or sequence preference for recombination sites. However, a shift to crossover sites flanking the gp120-coding sequence was evident in the stable circulating recombinant forms of HIV-1. Based on these findings, HIV-1 recombinants generated from these dual infections may be used as a model for in vivo intersubtype recombination and for the design of various diagnostic assays and vaccine constructs.


Virology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 363 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario P.S. Chin ◽  
Jianbo Chen ◽  
Olga A. Nikolaitchik ◽  
Wei-Shau Hu

Author(s):  
James K. Koehler ◽  
Steven G. Reed ◽  
Joao S. Silva

As part of a larger study involving the co-infection of human monocyte cultures with HIV and protozoan parasites, electron microscopic observations were made on the course of HIV replication and infection in these cells. Although several ultrastructural studies of the cytopathology associated with HIV infection have appeared, few studies have shown the details of virus production in “normal,” human monocytes/macrophages, one of the natural targets of the virus, and suspected of being a locus of quiescent virus during its long latent period. In this report, we detail some of the interactions of developing virons with the membranes and organelles of the monocyte host.Peripheral blood monocytes were prepared from buffy coats (Portland Red Cross) by Percoll gradient centrifugation, followed by adherence to cover slips. 90-95% pure monocytes were cultured in RPMI with 5% non-activated human AB serum for four days and infected with 100 TCID50/ml of HIV-1 for four hours, washed and incubated in fresh medium for 14 days.


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