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Nef surfaces: where to interfere with function.
Current HIV research - 1 Oct 2011
Lulf Sebastian, Horenkamp Florian A, Breuer Sebastian, Geyer Matthias
Abstract excerpt
The HIV-1 Nef protein is an accessory protein of 24-27 kDa mass that mediates a multitude of effector functions in infected cells. Although not essentially required for viral replication, HIV-1 Nef exhibits stimulating potential towards disease progression to AIDS and is therefore considered a pathogenic factor in retroviridae. Here we correlate sequence conservation in HIV-1 Nef with surface hydrophobicity and...
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