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Identification of a highly conserved valine-glycine-phenylalanine amino acid triplet required for HIV-1 Nef function.
Retrovirology - 27 Apr 2012
Meuwissen Pieter J, Stolp Bettina, Iannucci Veronica, Vermeire Jolien, Naessens Evelien, Saksela Kalle, Geyer Matthias, Vanham Guido, Arien Kevin K, Fackler Oliver T, Verhasselt Bruno
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BACKGROUND: The Nef protein of HIV facilitates virus replication and disease progression in infected patients. This role as pathogenesis factor depends on several genetically separable Nef functions that are mediated by interactions of highly conserved protein-protein interaction motifs with different host cell proteins. By studying the functionality of a series of nef alleles from clinical isolates, we...
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