A role for gorilla APOBEC3G in shaping lentivirus evolution including transmission to humans.

The APOBEC3 deaminases are potent inhibitors of virus replication and barriers to cross-species transmission. For simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) to transmit to a new primate host, as happened multiple times to seed the ongoing HIV-1 epidemic, the viral infectivity factor (Vif) must be capable o...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Nakano, Keisuke Yamamoto, Mahoko Takahashi Ueda, Andrew Soper, Yoriyuki Konno, Izumi Kimura, Keiya Uriu, Ryuichi Kumata, Hirofumi Aso, Naoko Misawa, Shumpei Nagaoka, Soma Shimizu, Keito Mitsumune, Yusuke Kosugi, Guillermo Juarez-Fernandez, Jumpei Ito, So Nakagawa, Terumasa Ikeda, Yoshio Koyanagi, Reuben S Harris, Kei Sato
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d550843508e54cdeb238ee8a7ee1d1a4
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