1930– French-born virologist who shared in the discovery of HIV-1 in 1983.
Keywords: Virus; immunology; HIV-1; AIDS
Montagnier, Luc
Mark A Wainberg, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Published online: January 2006
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003596
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Figure 1. Luc Montagnier.
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| Further Reading | |
| Barre-Sinoussi F, Chermann JC, Rey F et al. (1983) Isolation of a T-lymphotropic retrovirus from a patient at risk for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Science 220(4599): 868–871. | |
| Klatzmann D, Champagne E, Chamaret S et al. (1984) T-lymphocyte T4 molecule behaves as the receptor for human retrovirus IAV. Nature 312: 767–768. | |
| Montagnier L, Gruest J, Chamaret S et al. (1984) Adaptation of lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) to application in EBV-transformed B lymphoblastoid cell lines. Science 225: 63–66. | |
| Montagnier L (1996) Environmental pathogenesis of human retroviruses. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 12: 357–359. | |
| Bendjennat M, Blanchard A, Loutfi M, Montagnier L and Bahraoui E (1999) Role of Mycoplasma penetransendonuclease p40 as a potential pathogenic determinant. Infection and Immunity 67: 4456–4462. | |
| Gallo RC and Montagnier L (2003) The discovery of HIV as the cause of AIDS. New England Journal of Medicine 349: 2283–2285. | |
