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Inefficient enhancement of viral infectivity and CD4 downregulation by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Nef from Japanese long-term nonprogressors.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 2002
Tobiume Minoru, Takahoko Mikako, Yamada Takeshi, Tatsumi Masashi, Iwamoto Aikichi, Matsuda Michiyuki
Abstract excerpt
It has been reported that patients infected with nef-defective human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) do not progress to AIDS; however, mutations that abrogate Nef expression are not common in long-term nonprogressors (LTNPs). We postulated that Nef function might be impaired in LTNPs, irrespective of the presence or absence of detectable amino acid sequence anomalies. To challenge this hypothesis we...
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