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A naturally occurring variation in the proline-rich region does not attenuate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 nef function.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2004
Rücker Elke, Münch Jan, Wildum Steffen, Brenner Matthias, Eisemann Jutta, Margolis Leonid, Kirchhoff Frank
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Nef variants to further evaluate the functional relevance of the R71T substitution previously proposed to attenuate viral replication (Fackler et al., Curr. Biol. 11:1294-1299, 2001). Our results demonstrate that this variation in the proline-rich region does not significantly affect the functional activity of Nef or HIV-1 infectivity or replication.
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