PMID- 8356453 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19930921 LR - 20221130 IS - 0036-8075 (Print) IS - 0036-8075 (Linking) VI - 261 IP - 5125 DP - 1993 Aug 27 TI - Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of HIV-1 patients with primary infection. PG - 1179-81 AB - Better characterization of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) in patients with primary infection has important implications for the development of an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) vaccine because vaccine strategies should target viral isolates with the properties of transmitted viruses. In five HIV-1 seroconverters, the viral phenotype was found to be uniformly macrophage-tropic and non-syncytium-inducing. Furthermore, the viruses were genotypically homogeneous within each patient, but a common signature sequence was not discernible among transmitted viruses. In the two cases where the sexual partners were also studied, the sequences of the transmitted viruses matched best with minor variants in the blood of the transmitters. There was also a stronger pressure to conserve sequences in gp120 than in gp41, nef, and p17, suggesting that a selective mechanism is involved in transmission. FAU - Zhu, T AU - Zhu T AD - Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016. FAU - Mo, H AU - Mo H FAU - Wang, N AU - Wang N FAU - Nam, D S AU - Nam DS FAU - Cao, Y AU - Cao Y FAU - Koup, R A AU - Koup RA FAU - Ho, D D AU - Ho DD LA - eng SI - GENBANK/L21224 SI - GENBANK/L21225 SI - GENBANK/L21226 SI - GENBANK/L21227 SI - GENBANK/L21228 SI - GENBANK/L21229 SI - GENBANK/L21230 SI - GENBANK/L21231 SI - GENBANK/L21232 SI - GENBANK/L21233 SI - GENBANK/L21234 SI - GENBANK/L21235 SI - GENBANK/L21236 SI - GENBANK/L21237 SI - GENBANK/L21238 SI - GENBANK/L21239 SI - GENBANK/L21240 SI - GENBANK/L21241 SI - GENBANK/L21242 SI - GENBANK/L21243 SI - GENBANK/L21244 SI - GENBANK/L21245 SI - GENBANK/L21246 SI - GENBANK/L21247 SI - GENBANK/L21248 SI - GENBANK/L21249 SI - GENBANK/L21250 SI - GENBANK/L21251 SI - GENBANK/L21252 SI - GENBANK/L21253 GR - AI24030/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI25541/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI27742/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - etc. PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Science JT - Science (New York, N.Y.) JID - 0404511 RN - 0 (Gene Products, gag) RN - 0 (HIV Antigens) RN - 0 (HIV Envelope Protein gp120) RN - 0 (HIV Envelope Protein gp41) RN - 0 (Viral Proteins) RN - 0 (gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus) RN - 0 (p17 protein, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Base Sequence MH - Cell Line MH - Female MH - Gene Products, gag/chemistry/genetics MH - Genes, Viral MH - Genotype MH - Giant Cells/physiology MH - HIV Antigens/chemistry/genetics MH - HIV Envelope Protein gp120/chemistry/*genetics MH - HIV Envelope Protein gp41/chemistry/genetics MH - HIV Infections/*microbiology/transmission MH - HIV Seropositivity/microbiology MH - HIV-1/chemistry/*genetics/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Macrophages MH - Male MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Phenotype MH - Sequence Alignment MH - Sexual Partners MH - *Viral Proteins MH - Virus Replication MH - gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus EDAT- 1993/08/27 00:00 MHDA- 1993/08/27 00:01 CRDT- 1993/08/27 00:00 PHST- 1993/08/27 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1993/08/27 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1993/08/27 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1126/science.8356453 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Science. 1993 Aug 27;261(5125):1179-81. doi: 10.1126/science.8356453.