“…Since Chang & Stoltzfus (1985) demonstrated the inhibitory effect of antisense RNA on Rous sarcoma virus gene expression, the effects have been investigated on several other viruses, including human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1 ; Chatterjee et al, 1992), adenovirus (Miroshnichenko et al, 1989), herpes simplex virus (Cantin et al, 1992), human cytomegalovirus (CMV ; Bryant & Sinclair, 1993), human T cell leukaemia virus type I (von Ruden & Gilboa, 1989), Moloney murine leukaemia virus (MoMLV ; Sullenger et al, 1990) and polyomavirus (Ottanvio et al, 1992). Successful inhibition of gene expression has been demonstrated for these viruses, especially for HIV-1.…”