| Literature DB >> 12634401 |
Mahfuz Khan1, Minerva Garcia-Barrio, Michael D Powell.
Abstract
We have previously shown that virions with nef deleted can be restored to wild-type infectivity by treatment to induce natural endogenous reverse transcription (NERT). Since Nef and cyclophilin A (CyPA) appear to act in similar ways on postentry events, we determined whether NERT treatment would restore infectivity to virions depleted of CyPA. Our results show that the infectivity of virions depleted of CyPA by treatment with cyclosporine A could be restored by NERT treatment, while mutants in the CyPA binding loop of capsid could only be partially restored. These results suggest that CyPA is involved in some aspect of the uncoating process.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12634401 PMCID: PMC150660 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.7.4431-4434.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103