Article
The requirement for Vif of SIVmac is cell-type dependent.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Mar 1996
Zou J X, Luciw P A
Abstract excerpt
The vif gene (viral infectivity factor) of the human and simian immunodeficiency viruses (HIV and SIV) is present in almost all members of the lentivirus group of retroviruses. This gene is highly conserved among different HIV and SIV isolates and is therefore presumed to play an important role i...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA, Viral
- Genes, vif
- Humans
- Lymphocytes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Proviruses
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
- T-Lymphocytes
- Virus Replication