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François Clavel is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with specific attention to subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Virology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics related to HIV research, including HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, as well as Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research.

François Clavel has coauthored publications with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Julie Migraine
  • Jacques Dutrieux
  • Maud Salmona
  • Allan J. Hance
  • Alexandre Nicolas

Two recent papers authored or coauthored by François Clavel include:

  • Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity of the Replication-Competent HIV Reservoir in Treated Patients (2022, Microbiology Spectrum)
  • DNA ultra-sensitive quantification, a technology for studying HIV unintegrated linear DNA (2023, Cell Reports Methods)

The main publication venues for their work are Microbiology Spectrum and Cell Reports Methods, each featuring one of their recent papers.

Best Publications

  • Isolation of a new human retrovirus from West African patients with AIDS.

    F Clavel;D Guétard;F Brun-Vézinet;S Chamaret

  • Genome organization and transactivation of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2.

    Mireille Guyader;Michael Emerman;Pierre Sonigo;François Clavel;François Clavel

  • HIV drug resistance.

    François Clavel;Allan J. Hance

  • Hypermutation of HIV-1 DNA in the absence of the Vif protein.

    Denise Lecossier;Francine Bouchonnet;François Clavel;Allan J. Hance

  • Transmission of antiretroviral-drug-resistant HIV-1 variants

    S Yerly;L Kaiser;E Race;J P Bru

  • Molecular cloning and polymorphism of the human immune deficiency virus type 2

    François Clavel;Mireille Guyader;Denise Guétard;Mireille Sallé

  • HIV-1 reverse transcription. A termination step at the center of the genome.

    Pierre Charneau;Gilles Mirambeau;Pascal Roux;Sylvie Paulous

  • Cis elements and trans-acting factors involved in the RNA dimerization of the human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1.

    Jean-Luc Darlix;Caroline Gabus;Marie-Thérèse Nugeyre;François Clavel

  • A second origin of DNA plus-strand synthesis is required for optimal human immunodeficiency virus replication.

    P Charneau;M Alizon;F Clavel

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Infection Associated with AIDS in West Africa

    François Clavel;Kamal Mansinho;Sophie Chamaret;Denise Guetard

  • Resistance-associated loss of viral fitness in human immunodeficiency virus type 1: phenotypic analysis of protease and gag coevolution in protease inhibitor-treated patients.

    Fabrizio Mammano;Caroline Petit;François Clavel

  • Phenotypic or genotypic resistance testing for choosing antiretroviral therapy after treatment failure: a randomized trial.

    Jean-Luc Meynard;Muriel Vray;Laurence Morand-Joubert;Esther Race

  • Loss of Viral Fitness Associated with Multiple Gag and Gag-Pol Processing Defects in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Variants Selected for Resistance to Protease Inhibitors In Vivo

    Véronique Zennou;Fabrizio Mammano;Sylvie Paulous;Dominique Mathez

  • Cytosolic Gag p24 as an Index of Productive Entry of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

    Valérie Maréchal;François Clavel;Jean Michel Heard;Olivier Schwartz

  • Interactions between Atazanavir-Ritonavir and Tenofovir in Heavily Pretreated Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients

    Anne-Marie Taburet;Christophe Piketty;Corine Chazallon;Isabelle Vincent

  • Retracing the Evolutionary Pathways of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Resistance to Protease Inhibitors: Virus Fitness in the Absence and in the Presence of Drug

    Fabrizio Mammano;Virginie Trouplin;Veronique Zennou;Francois Clavel

  • Isolation and envelope sequence of a highly divergent HIV-1 isolate: definition of a new HIV-1 group.

    Pierre Charneau;Andrew M. Borman;Caroline Quillent;Denise Guétard

  • Genetic recombination of human immunodeficiency virus.

    F Clavel;M D Hoggan;R L Willey;K Strebel

  • A mutant of human immunodeficiency virus with reduced RNA packaging and abnormal particle morphology.

    F Clavel;J M Orenstein

  • Resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 to protease inhibitors: selection of resistance mutations in the presence and absence of the drug.

    Andrew M. Borman;Sylvie Paulous;François Clavel

Frequent Co-Authors

Luc Montagnier
Luc Montagnier Institut Pasteur
Allan J. Hance
Allan J. Hance Université Paris Cité
Pierre Charneau
Pierre Charneau Institut Pasteur
Andrew M. Borman
Andrew M. Borman Public Health England
Pierre-Marie Girard
Pierre-Marie Girard Institut Pasteur
Gilles Peytavin
Gilles Peytavin Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Constance Delaugerre
Constance Delaugerre Université Paris Cité
Kazuyuki Aihara
Kazuyuki Aihara University of Tokyo
Jean-Michel Molina
Jean-Michel Molina Université Paris Cité
Françoise Brun-Vézinet
Françoise Brun-Vézinet Université Paris Cité

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