Article
Function of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpu protein in various cell types.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 1995
Sakai H, Tokunaga K, Kawamura M, Adachi A
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the function of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vpu gene in various cell lines. We established a highly sensitive system consisting of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase and reverse transcriptase assays and used it to monitor the effects of mutation of the vpu gene. In some cell lines, Vpu protein was not required at the early phase of viral replication but was important for efficient virion...
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