HIV-1のvpu遺伝子がコードするタンパク質の識別

E A Cohen1, E F Terwilliger, J G Sodroski

  • 1Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

Nature
|August 11, 1988
PubMed
まとめ

研究者らは,ヒト免疫不全ウイルス1 (HIV-1) がコードする9番目のタンパク質を発見した. この新しいHIV-1タンパク質に対する抗体は,感染した個体に存在し,関連するウイルスと区別します.

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