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Analysis of dominant-negative effects of mutant Env proteins of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
Virology - 20 Jul 2001
Iwatani Y, Kawano K, Ueno T, Tanaka M, Ishimoto A, Ito M, Sakai H
Abstract excerpt
The Env protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 is assembled into a stable trimer, and oligomerization is required for maintenance of viral infectivity. This property of Env suggests that Env mutants may have a dominant-negative effect on virus infectivity. To investigate this possibility, we established a packaging cell line in which both wild-type and mutant Env proteins could be expressed simultaneously...
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