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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 proviral hypermutation correlates with CD4 count in HIV-infected women from Kenya.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 2008
Land Allison M, Ball T Blake, Luo Ma, Pilon Richard, Sandstrom Paul, Embree Joanne E, Wachihi Charles, Kimani Joshua, Plummer Francis A
Abstract excerpt
APOBEC3G is an important innate immune molecule that causes human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) hypermutation, which can result in detrimental viral genome mutations. The Vif protein of wild-type HIV-1 counteracts APOBEC3G activity by targeting it for degradation and inhibiting its incorporation into viral particles. Additional APOBEC cytidine deaminases have been identified, such as APOBEC3F, which has a...
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