HIV's Nef Interacts with β-Catenin of the Wnt Signaling Pathway in HEK293 Cells

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Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Weiser, Keren ^a   Barton, Meredith ^a   Gershoony, Dafna ^a   DasGupta, Ramanuj ^a   Cardozo, Timothy ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; NEF PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BETA CATENIN; BINDING SITES; HEK293 CELLS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEF GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84885400037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077865     Document Type: Article

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