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The Vif accessory protein alters the cell cycle of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infected cells.
Virology - 15 Mar 2007
Wang Jiangfang, Shackelford Jason M, Casella Carolyn R, Shivers Debra K, Rapaport Eric L, Liu Bindong, Yu Xiao-Fang, Finkel Terri H
Abstract excerpt
The viral infectivity factor gene (vif) of HIV-1 increases the infectivity of viral particles by inactivation of cellular anti-viral factors, and supports productive viral replication in primary human CD4 T cells and in certain non-permissive T cell lines. Here, we demonstrate that Vif also contributes to the arrest of HIV-1 infected cells in the G(2) phase of the cell cycle. Viruses deleted in Vif or Vpr induce...
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