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Rhesus macaque TRIM5 alleles have divergent antiretroviral specificities.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 2008
Wilson Sam J, Webb Benjamin L J, Maplanka Charlotte, Newman Ruchi M, Verschoor Ernst J, Heeney Jonathan L, Towers Greg J
Abstract excerpt
TRIM5alpha is a potent barrier to cross-species retroviral transmission, and TRIM5alphas from different species have divergent antiretroviral specificities. Multiple TRIM5 alleles circulate within rhesus macaque populations. Here we show that they too have different antiretroviral specificities, highlighting how TRIM5 genotypes contribute to protection in an individual or a population.
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