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Tutorials and Other Information

 

Tutorials

Sequence quality control explains several common problems with sets of viral sequences

How to make a phylogenetic tree explains how to build a phylogenetic tree

HIV and SIV subtype nomenclature explains HIV and SIV subtype nomenclature, particularly the HIV-1 groups and subtypes

How to use these databases workshop given at 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in February 2004

Tutorials planned for the future

Consensus sequences
Alignments and how they affect trees
Working with genetic distances

Articles and information

Circulating recombinant forms (CRFs) gives details about all documented CRFs of HIV-1

3D views of HIV macromolecular structures provides links to 3D views of HIV proteins

HIV-1 gene map illustrates the genes/proteins of HIV-1, including HXB2 breakpoints

Subtypes in the primate immunodeficiency viruses a brief overview of subtypes of HIV-1, HIV-2, and SIV, particularly the abbreviations used to annotated the SIVs

How the HIV database classifies sequences explains how recombinants are named and annotated

Common sequence formats for alignments shows examples of common sequence formats for alignments

Stalking the AIDS Virus [PDF] article from LANL Research Quarterly (Fall 2003) about HIV Database research aimed at understanding the interaction between HIV and the immune system as a step toward an AIDS vaccine

How to cite this Database explains how to cite this website and the printed HIV compendia

FAQs frequently-asked questions about the HIV Sequence Database

Links HIV/AIDS resources on other websites

last modified: Mon Apr 14 12:00 2008


Questions or comments? Contact us at seq-info@lanl.gov.