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New insights into inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication through mutant tRNALys3.
Retrovirology - 24 Oct 2013
Wu Chengxiang, Nerurkar Vivek R, Lu Yuanan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Host cellular tRNA(Lys3) is exclusively utilized by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) as a primer for the replication step of reverse transcription (RTion). Consequently, the priming step of HIV-1 RT constitutes a potential target for anti-HIV-1 intervention. Previous studies indicated that a mutant tRNA(Lys3) with 7-nucleotide substitutions in the 3' terminus resulted in aberrant HIV-1...
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