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Diversity of TRIM5α and TRIMCyp sequences in cynomolgus macaques from different geographical origins.
Immunogenetics - 1 Apr 2012
Berry Neil J, Marzetta Flavia, Towers Greg J, Rose Nicola J
Abstract excerpt
The TRIM5α restriction factor can protect some species of monkeys, but not humans, from HIV infection. It has also emerged that some monkeys have a cyclophilin A domain retrotransposed into the TRIM5 locus resulting in the expression of a TRIMCyp protein with anti-retroviral activity. A high degree of sequence variation in the primate TRIM5 gene has been reported that varies between populations of rhesus...
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