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Effect of HIV-1 Vif variability on progression to pediatric AIDS and its association with APOBEC3G and CUL5 polymorphisms.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2011
De Maio Federico A, Rocco Carlos A, Aulicino Paula C, Bologna Rosa, Mangano Andrea, Sen Luisa
Abstract excerpt
The APOBEC3G protein is a restriction factor that can inhibit the replication of HIV-1. The virus has the capacity to counteract this antiviral activity through the expression of the Vif accessory protein, which recruits a CUL5-based ubiquitin ligase complex that determines APOBEC3G proteasomal d...
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