Mechanisms and Factors that Influence High Frequency Retroviral Recombination

Mechanisms and Factors that Influence High Frequency Retroviral Recombination

With constantly changing environmental selection pressures, retroviruses rely upon recombination to reassort polymorphisms in their genomes and increase genetic diversity, which improves the chances for the survival of their population. Recombination occurs during DNA synthesis, whereby reverse tran...

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Main Authors: Krista Delviks-Frankenberry, Olga Nikolaitchik, Helene Mens, Vinay K. Pathak, Wei-Shau Hu, Andrea Galli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-09-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
recombination
retrovirus
HIV-1
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/3/9/1650/

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