Expression of Human CD4 and chemokine receptors in cotton rat cells confers permissiveness for productive HIV infection

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Current small animal models for studying HIV-1 infection are very limited, and this continues to be a major obstacle for studying HIV-1 infection and pathogenesis, as well as for the urgent development and evaluation of effective ant...

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Main Authors: Broder Christopher C, Stantchev Tzanko S, Khetawat Dimple, Wieczorek Lindsay, Pletneva Lioubov M, Blanco Jorge CG, Polonis Victoria R, Prince Gregory A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-05-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/6/1/57