Browsing Faculty of Natural Science by Author "Harkins, Gordon"
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Evolution of HIV-1 subtype C gp120 envelope sequences in the female genital tract and blood plasma during acute and chronic infection
Ramdayal, Kavisha (University of the Western Cape, 2014)Heterosexual transmission of HIV-1 via the female genital tract is the leading route of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Viruses then traffic between the cervical compartment and blood ensuring pervasive infection. ... -
Identification and ranking of pervasive secondary structures in positive sense single-stranded ribonucleic acid viral genomes
Tanov, Emil Pavlov (University of the Western Cape, 2018)The plasticity of single-stranded viral genomes permits the formation of secondary structures through complementary base-pairing of their component nucleotides. Such structures have been shown to regulate a number of ...