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Determinants in HIV-2 Env and tetherin required for functional interaction.
Retrovirology - 7 Aug 2015
Exline Colin M, Yang Su Jung, Haworth Kevin G, Rengarajan Srinivas, Lopez Lisa A, Droniou Magali E, Seclen Eduardo, Cannon Paula M
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BACKGROUND: The interferon-inducible factor BST-2/tetherin blocks the release of nascent virions from the surface of infected cells for certain enveloped virus families. The primate lentiviruses have evolved several counteracting mechanisms which, in the case of HIV-2, is a function of its Env protein. We sought to further understand the features of the Env protein and tetherin that are important for this...
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