Intracellular Defenses Against HIV, Viral Evasion and Novel Therapeutic Approaches

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the causative agent of AIDS, is a retrovirus. It is estimated that, while in the cell, it interacts with almost 10% of cellular proteins. Several of these have evolved to protect the cell from infection with retroviruses and are known as “restriction factors”. Res...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robert A Lever, Andrew M L Lever
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-06-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664611600533