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Distinct Effects in Primary Macrophages and Lymphocytes of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Accessory Genes vpr, vpu, and nef: Mutational Analysis of a Primary HIV-1 Isolate
1 May 1994
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages and lymphocytes are the two main targets for productive HIV-1 infection in vivo. To compare the effects of the "nonessential" HIV-1 accessory genes vpr, vpu, and nef on viral replication in these primary cell types, we generated a panel of mutant viruses derived from a molecularly cloned macrophage-tropic HIV-1 primary isolate. Mutant viruses had markedly different patterns of replication in...
