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Comparative analyses of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2 Vif mutants.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 1995
Reddy T R, Kraus G, Yamada O, Looney D J, Suhasini M, Wong-Staal F
Abstract excerpt
Virion infectivity factor (vif), a gene found in all lentiviruses, plays an essential role in virus replication in certain target cells. We examined the replication competence of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) vif mutant in different T-cell lines and primary cells in comparison with that of the HIV-1 vif mutant. Both mutant viruses were unable to replicate in peripheral blood-derived mononuclear...
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