Article
Identification of a nef allele that causes lymphocyte activation and acute disease in macaque monkeys.
Cell - 25 Aug 1995
Du Z, Lang S M, Sasseville V G, Lackner A A, Ilyinskii P O, Daniel M D, Jung J U, Desrosiers R C
Abstract excerpt
Residues 17 and 18 in nef of SIVmac239 were changed from RQ to YE to create a translated sequence of SRPSGDLYERLLRARGETYGRLLGEVEDGYSQSP from residues 10-43. The YXXL motifs in this context match very well with consensus sequences for SH2 binding domains and are similar to ones present in nef of t...
Topics
- 3T3 Cells
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Viral
- Gene Products, env
- Gene Products, nef
- Genes, nef
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Macaca mulatta
