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The HIV-1 Rev protein enhances encapsidation of unspliced and spliced, RRE-containing lentiviral vector RNA.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Grewe Bastian, Ehrhardt Katrin, Hoffmann Bianca, Blissenbach Maik, Brandt Sabine, Uberla Klaus
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: During the RNA encapsidation process of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral genomic, unspliced RNA (gRNA) is preferentially incorporated into assembling virions. However, a certain amount of spliced viral transcripts can also be detected in viral particles. Recently, we observed that nuclear export of HIV and lentiviral vector gRNA by Rev is required for efficient encapsidation. Since...
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