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TRIM5 suppresses cross-species transmission of a primate immunodeficiency virus and selects for emergence of resistant variants in the new species.
PLoS biology - 24 Aug 2010
Kirmaier Andrea, Wu Fan, Newman Ruchi M, Hall Laura R, Morgan Jennifer S, O'Connor Shelby, Marx Preston A, Meythaler Mareike, Goldstein Simoy, Buckler-White Alicia, Kaur Amitinder, Hirsch Vanessa M, Johnson Welkin E
Abstract excerpt
Simian immunodeficiency viruses of sooty mangabeys (SIVsm) are the source of multiple, successful cross-species transmissions, having given rise to HIV-2 in humans, SIVmac in rhesus macaques, and SIVstm in stump-tailed macaques. Cellular assays and phylogenetic comparisons indirectly support a role for TRIM5alpha, the product of the TRIM5 gene, in suppressing interspecies transmission and emergence of...
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