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Wild type and H43Y variant of human TRIM5alpha show similar anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 activity both in vivo and in vitro.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 2007
Nakayama Emi E, Carpentier Wassila, Costagliola Dominique, Shioda Tatsuo, Iwamoto Aikichi, Debre Patrice, Yoshimura Kazuhisa, Autran Brigitte, Matsushita Shuzo, Theodorou Ioannis
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Polymorphisms in human genes have been shown to affect the rate of disease progression to acquired immune deficiency syndrome in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals. Recently, tripartite motif 5alpha (TRIM5alpha) was identified as a factor that confers resistance to HIV-1 infection in Old World monkey cells. Subsequently, Sawyer et al. (Curr Biol 16:95-100, 2006) reported a single...
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