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A stably expressed llama single-domain intrabody targeting Rev displays broad-spectrum anti-HIV activity.
Antiviral research - 1 Dec 2014
Boons Eline, Li Guangdi, Vanstreels Els, Vercruysse Thomas, Pannecouque Christophe, Vandamme Anne-Mieke, Daelemans Dirk
Abstract excerpt
The HIV Rev protein mediates the transport of partially and unspliced HIV mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Rev multimerizes on a secondary stem-loop structure present in the viral intron-containing mRNA species and recruits the cellular karyopherin CRM1 to export viral mRNAs from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Previously we have identified a single-domain intrabody (Nb(190)), derived from a llama...
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