Restriction of lentivirus in monkeys

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Retroviruses are able to cross species barriers and have done so many times throughout evolution. Perhaps as a consequence, dominant mechanisms have arisen to block infection by murine retroviruses in mice (restriction factor Fv1) and humans (restriction factor Ref1), as well as in other mammals. Here we describe a block to HIV and simian immunodeficiency virus in monkeys. Like previously described restrictions...

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