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Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIV agm from African Green Monkeys Does Not Antagonize Endogenous Levels of African Green Monkey Tetherin/BST-2
3 Sept 2009
Abstract excerpt
The Vpu accessory gene that originated in the primate lentiviral lineage leading to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 is an antagonist of human tetherin/BST-2 restriction. Most other primate lentivirus lineages, including the lineage represented by simian immunodeficiency virus SIVagm from African green monkeys (AGMs), do not encode Vpu. While some primate lineages encode gene products other than Vpu that...
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