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SUBMITTER: Kobayashi T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4078312 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kobayashi Tomoko T Takeuchi Junko S JS Ren Fengrong F Matsuda Kenta K Sato Kei K Kimura Yuichi Y Misawa Naoko N Yoshikawa Rokusuke R Nakano Yusuke Y Yamada Eri E Tanaka Hiroshi H Hirsch Vanessa M VM Koyanagi Yoshio Y
Scientific reports 20140702
Primate lentiviruses including human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) evolved through the acquisition of antagonists against intrinsic host restriction factors, such as tetherin. It is widely accepted that HIV-1 has emerged by zoonotic transmission of SIV in chimpanzee (SIVcpz), and that SIVcpz Nef protein antagonizes chimpanzee tetherin. Although Nef of SIVcpz shares a common ancestor with that of SIVrcm, an SIV in red-capped mangabey (Cercocebus ...[more]