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Clade‐specific differences in neurotoxicity of human immunodeficiency virus‐1 B and C Tat of human neurons: significance of dicysteine C30C31 motif
12 Dec 2007
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) causes mild to severe cognitive impairment and dementia. The transactivator viral protein, Tat, is implicated in neuronal death responsible for neurological deficits. Several clades of HIV-1 are unequally distributed globally, of which HIV-1 B and C together account for the majority of the viral infections. HIV-1-related neurological deficits appear to be most...
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