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APOBEC3G and APOBEC3F Act in Concert To Extinguish HIV-1 Replication.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2016
Krisko John F, Begum Nurjahan, Baker Caroline E, Foster John L, Garcia J Victor
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The multifunctional HIV-1 accessory protein Vif counters the antiviral activities of APOBEC3G (A3G) and APOBEC3F (A3F), and some Vifs counter stable alleles of APOBEC3H (A3H). Studies in humanized mice have shown that HIV-1 lacking Vif expression is not viable. Here, we look at the relative contributions of the three APOBEC3s to viral extinction. Inoculation of bone marrow/liver/thymus (BLT) mice with...
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