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Loss of the SIVsmmPBj14 phenotype and nef genotype during long-term survival of macaques infected by mucosal routes.
Virology - 31 Mar 1997
Schwiebert R S, Tao B, Fultz P N
Abstract excerpt
The ability of the simian immunodeficiency virus SIVsmmPBj14 (SIV-PBj14) to activate and induce proliferation of quiescent peripheral blood lymphocytes from macaques is an in vitro correlate of its acutely lethal in vivo phenotype. SIV-PBj14 differs from other SIV strains by encoding tyrosine at amino acid 17 (Y17) in Nef, which generates an activation motif important for signal transduction. Although intravenous...
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