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A single nucleotide polymorphism in tetherin promotes retrovirus restriction in vivo.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jan 2012
Barrett Bradley S, Smith Diana S, Li Sam X, Guo Kejun, Hasenkrug Kim J, Santiago Mario L
Abstract excerpt
Tetherin is a membrane protein of unusual topology expressed from rodents to humans that accumulates enveloped virus particles on the surface of infected cells. However, whether this 'tethering' activity promotes or restricts retroviral spread during acute retrovirus infection in vivo is controversial. We report here the identification of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the Tetherin gene of NZW/LacJ (NZW)...
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