Noninfectious retrovirus particles drive the APOBEC3/Rfv3 dependent neutralizing antibody response.

Members of the APOBEC3 family of deoxycytidine deaminases counteract a broad range of retroviruses in vitro through an indirect mechanism that requires virion incorporation and inhibition of reverse transcription and/or hypermutation of minus strand transcripts in the next target cell. The selective...

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Main Authors: Diana S Smith, Kejun Guo, Bradley S Barrett, Karl J Heilman, Leonard H Evans, Kim J Hasenkrug, Warner C Greene, Mario L Santiago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-10-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3188525?pdf=render