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HIV-1 mutates to evade IFITM1 restriction.
Virology - 1 Apr 2014
Ding Shilei, Pan Qinghua, Liu Shan-Lu, Liang Chen
Abstract excerpt
Interferon-induced transmembrane (IFITM) proteins inhibit the infection of a wide range of viruses including human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). At present, little is known about how viruses overcome IFITM restriction. In this study, we have utilized HIV-1 as a model and selected IFITM1-resistant viruses after multiple passages of HIV-1 in IFITM1-expressing SupT1 cells. Sequencing the entire viral genome...
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