Stably expressed APOBEC3H forms a barrier for cross-species transmission of simian immunodeficiency virus of chimpanzee to humans.
APOBEC3s (A3s) are potent restriction factors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1/simian immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1/SIV), and can repress cross-species transmissions of lentiviruses. HIV-1 originated from a zoonotic infection of SIV of chimpanzee (SIVcpz) to humans. However, the impact of hu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-12-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5739507?pdf=render |