Adult AIDS-like Disease in a Novel Inducible HIV-1 Nef Transgenic Mouse Model: CD4
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Dr Paul JOLICOEUR, M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Research Institute of Montreal 110 Pine Avenue West Montreal, Quebec H2W 1R7 CANADA Tel.: (514) 987-5569 Fax: (514) 987-5794 E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. J. Virol. doi:10.1128/JVI.01466-09 JVI Accepts, published online ahead of print on 9 September 2009
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تاریخ انتشار 2009