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Mutation of a single residue renders human tetherin resistant to HIV-1 Vpu-mediated depletion.
PLoS pathogens - 1 May 2009
Gupta Ravindra K, Hué Stéphane, Schaller Torsten, Verschoor Ernst, Pillay Deenan, Towers Greg J
Abstract excerpt
The recently identified restriction factor tetherin/BST-2/CD317 is an interferon-inducible trans-membrane protein that restricts HIV-1 particle release in the absence of the HIV-1 countermeasure viral protein U (Vpu). It is known that Tantalus monkey CV1 cells can be rendered non-permissive to HIV-1 release upon stimulation with type 1 interferon, despite the presence of Vpu, suggesting species-specific...
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