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Liang Shan1, S Alireza Rabi, Gregory M Laird, Evelyn E Eisele, Hao Zhang, Joseph B Margolick, Robert F Siliciano.
Abstract
Current assays for quantification of HIV-1 virions rely on real-time reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR detection of conserved regions of HIV-1 RNA and can be limited by detection of contaminating viral or plasmid DNA. We developed a novel RT-PCR assay using a reverse primer that hybridizes with the poly(A) tail of HIV-1 mRNAs, anchored by conserved viral nucleotides at the most distal region of the transcript. This assay can detect and quantify HIV-1 RNA with high specificity and sensitivity.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23536672 PMCID: PMC3648108 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00006-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103