A non-canonical role for the autophagy machinery in anti-retroviral signaling mediated by TRIM5α.

TRIM5α is a key cross-species barrier to retroviral infection, with certain TRIM5 alleles conferring increased risk of HIV-1 infection in humans. TRIM5α is best known as a species-specific restriction factor that directly inhibits the viral life cycle. Additionally, it is also a pattern-recognition...

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Main Authors: Bhaskar Saha, Devon Chisholm, Alison M Kell, Michael A Mandell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-10-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009017