Vpu-Mediated Counteraction of Tetherin Is a Major Determinant of HIV-1 Interferon Resistance

ABSTRACT Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) groups M, N, O, and P are the result of independent zoonotic transmissions of simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) infecting great apes in Africa. Among these, only Vpu proteins of pandemic HIV-1 group M strains evolved potent activity against t...

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Main Authors: Dorota Kmiec, Shilpa S. Iyer, Christina M. Stürzel, Daniel Sauter, Beatrice H. Hahn, Frank Kirchhoff
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/6dae67beccce4aa2b37a5b00912b36fb
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