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APOBEC3B deletion and risk of HIV-1 acquisition.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2009
An Ping, Johnson Randall, Phair John, Kirk Gregory D, Yu Xiao-Fang, Donfield Sharyne, Buchbinder Susan, Goedert James J, Winkler Cheryl A
Abstract excerpt
The human APOBEC3 family of cytidine deaminases provides intrinsic immunity to retroviral infection. A naturally occurring 29.5-kb deletion removes the entire APOBEC3B gene. We examined the impact of the APOBEC3B gene deletion in >4000 individuals from 5 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) natural history cohorts. The hemizygous genotype had no effect on either acquisition of HIV-1 infection or...
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