Functional conservation and coherence of HIV-1 subtype A Vpu alleles

Abstract Functional studies of HIV-1 proteins are normally conducted using lab adapted strains of HIV-1. The extent of those functions in clinical strains is sometimes unknown. In this study, we amplified and sequenced HIV-1 Vpu from 10 Iranian patients infected with HIV-1. Phylogenetic analysis ind...

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Main Authors: Bizhan Romani, Amirarsalan Kavyanifard, Elham Allahbakhshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00222-8