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Anti-HIV Activities and Mechanism of 12-O-Tricosanoylphorbol-20-acetate, a Novel Phorbol Ester from Ostodes katharinae.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 8 Sept 2017
Chen Huan, Zhang Rong, Luo Rong-Hua, Yang Liu-Meng, Wang Rui-Rui, Hao Xiao-Jiang, Zheng Yong-Tang
Abstract excerpt
APOBEC3G is a member of the human cytidine deaminase family that restricts Vif-deficient viruses by being packaged with progeny virions and inducing the G to A mutation during the synthesis of HIV-1 viral DNA when the progeny virus infects new cells. HIV-1 Vif protein resists the activity of A3G by mediating A3G degradation. Phorbol esters are plant-derived organic compounds belonging to the tigliane family of...
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