HIV-1 Vpu promotes release and prevents endocytosis of nascent retrovirus particles from the plasma membrane.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type-1 viral protein U (Vpu) protein enhances the release of diverse retroviruses from human, but not monkey, cells and is thought to do so by ablating a dominant restriction to particle release. Here, we determined how Vpu expression affects the subcellular di...

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Main Authors: Stuart J D Neil, Scott W Eastman, Nolwenn Jouvenet, Paul D Bieniasz
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/6bc373f532d949d58e8e9d80fe3750c8
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