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Activities of Transmitted/Founder and Chronic Clade B HIV-1 Vpu and a C-Terminal Polymorphism Specifically Affecting Virion Release
27 Feb 2014
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UNLABELLED: Acute HIV-1 infection is characterized by a type I interferon response, resulting in the induction of host restriction factors. HIV-1 has evolved to counteract these factors, and one such adaptation, the ability of Vpu to counteract BST2/tetherin, is associated with the evolution of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVcpz) into pandemic group M human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). During...
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