Vpr Promotes Macrophage-Dependent HIV-1 Infection of CD4+ T Lymphocytes.

Vpr is a conserved primate lentiviral protein that promotes infection of T lymphocytes in vivo by an unknown mechanism. Here we demonstrate that Vpr and its cellular co-factor, DCAF1, are necessary for efficient cell-to-cell spread of HIV-1 from macrophages to CD4+ T lymphocytes when there is inadeq...

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Main Authors: David R Collins, Jay Lubow, Zana Lukic, Michael Mashiba, Kathleen L Collins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4506080?pdf=render