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A mutant of human immunodeficiency virus with reduced RNA packaging and abnormal particle morphology.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 1990
Clavel F, Orenstein J M
Abstract excerpt
A deletion of 30 bases was created in the noncoding region of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 genome that extends between the 5' splice donor and the start of the gag gene. Viral particles produced after transfection of this mutant provirus had a normal protein pattern but a reduced RNA content. The infectivity of the mutant virus was also markedly reduced but not completely abolished....
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