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Absence of A3Z3-Related Hypermutations in the env and vif Proviral Genes in FIV Naturally Infected Cats.
Viruses - 31 May 2018
Cano-Ortiz Lucía, Maletich Junqueira Dennis, Comerlato Juliana, Zani André, Santos Costa Cristina, Michel Roehe Paulo, Franco Ana Cláudia
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like 3 (APOBEC3; A3) proteins comprise an important family of restriction factors that produce hypermutations on proviral DNA and are able to limit virus replication. Vif, an accessory protein present in almost all lentiviruses, counteracts the antiviral A3 activity. Seven haplotypes of APOBEC3Z3 (A3Z3) were described in domestic cats (hap I⁻VII), and...
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