Abstract
To replicate, lentiviruses such as HIV must integrate DNA copies of their RNA genomes into host cell chromosomes. Lentiviral integration is favored in active transcription units, which allows efficient viral gene expression after integration, but the mechanisms directing integration targeting are incompletely understood. A cellular protein, PSIP1/LEDGF/p75, binds tightly to the lentiviral-encoded integrase protein (IN), and has been reported to be important for HIV infectivity and integration targeting.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e1340 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Animals
- Cell Line
- Consensus Sequence
- HIV
- Humans
- Infectious Anemia Virus, Equine
- Mice
- Transcription Factors
- Virulence
- Virus Integration