Distinctive variation in the U3R region of the 5' Long Terminal Repeat from diverse HIV-1 strains

• Christelle Mbondji-wonje ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Christelle.mbondji@fda.hhs.gov (CM); Indira.hewlett@fda.hhs.gov (IH)

  Current address: Laboratory of Molecular Virology, CBER/FDA, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America

  Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7222-9849

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• Ming Dong,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Silver Spring, Maryland United States of America

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• Xue Wang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jiangqin Zhao,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4672-0735

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• Viswanath Ragupathy,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Ana M. Sanchez,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States

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• Thomas N. Denny,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7364-8276

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• Indira Hewlett

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Christelle.mbondji@fda.hhs.gov (CM); Indira.hewlett@fda.hhs.gov (IH)

  Current address: Laboratory of Molecular Virology, CBER/FDA, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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