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Mechanism for HIV-1 Tat insertion into the endosome membrane.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 Aug 2009
Yezid Hocine, Konate Karidia, Debaisieux Solène, Bonhoure Anne, Beaumelle Bruno
Abstract excerpt
The human immunodeficiency virus, type 1, transactivating protein Tat is a small protein that is strictly required for viral transcription and multiplication within infected cells. The infected cells actively secrete Tat using an unconventional secretion pathway. Extracellular Tat can affect different cell types and induce severe cell dysfunctions ranging from cell activation to cell death. To elicit most cell...
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