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Growth characteristics of SHIV without the vpu gene.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Dec 2001
Adachi A, Miyaura M, Sakurai A, Yoshida A, Koyama A H, Fujita M
Abstract excerpt
NM-3 is a prototype of chimeric virus between simian and human immunodeficiency viruses (SHIV). It grows in monkey lymphocytic cells in vitro and in vivo as well as in human cells. A mutant designated NM3-E65, which lacks expression of the entire vpu gene, was constructed from NM-3, and monitored for its replication property. Examination of growth properties in simian and human cells of SHIV, HIV, and their vpu...
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