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Design and characterization of an HIV-1 Tat mutant: inactivation of viral and cellular functions but not antigenicity.
Vaccine - 10 Aug 2007
Mayol Katia, Munier Séverine, Beck Alain, Verrier Bernard, Guillon Christophe
Abstract excerpt
Among HIV-1 proteins, Tat is a promising antigen for consideration as a component of anti-HIV-1 vaccine formulations. Nevertheless, this viral protein is able to affect the expression of several cellular genes that are implicated in immune response. In this study, we designed and characterized a mutant form of Tat ("STLA Tat"), which is unable to transactivate viral transcription, and which has lost the...
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