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Productive replication of Vif-chimeric HIV-1 in feline cells.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 2010
Stern Melissa A, Hu Chunling, Saenz Dyana T, Fadel Hind J, Sims Olivia, Peretz Mary, Poeschla Eric M
Abstract excerpt
Nonprimate animal models of HIV-1 infection are prevented by missing cellular cofactors and by antiviral actions of species-specific host defense factors. These blocks are profound in rodents but may be less abundant in certain Carnivora. Here, we enabled productive, spreading replication and passage of HIV-1 in feline cells. Feline fibroblasts, T-cell lines, and primary peripheral blood mononuclear cells...
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