The role of unintegrated DNA in HIV infection

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Integration of the reverse transcribed viral genome into host chromatin is the hallmark of retroviral replication. Yet, during natural HIV infection, various unintegrated viral DNA forms exist in abundance. Though linear viral cDNA is the precursor to an integrat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wainberg Mark A, Sloan Richard D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:Retrovirology
Online Access:http://www.retrovirology.com/content/8/1/52