Conservation and host specificity of Vpr-mediated cell cycle arrest suggest a fundamental role in primate lentivirus evolution and biology

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 4331-4338

  Stivahtis, Gina L ^a,b   Soares, Marcelo A ^c   Vodicka, Marie A ^b   Hahn, Beatrice H ^c   Emerman, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VPR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HELA CELL; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; LENTIVIRINAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030960059     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.6.4331-4338.1997     Document Type: Article

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