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HIV-1 Vpu plays important role in enhancing virus release and CD4 down-modulation. We investigated the effect of Vpu-Gag cross talk on envelope incorporation and assembly in different cell types including primary cells.

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  • HIV-1 Vpu plays important role in enhancing virus release and CD4 down-modulation

  • We investigated the effect of Vpu-Gag cross talk on envelope incorporation and assembly in different cell types including primary cells

  • We introduced Vpu start codon mutation and point substitution in p17 Gag matrix (L30E) in HIV-1 pNLAD8 through PCR

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HIV-1 Vpu plays important role in enhancing virus release and CD4 down-modulation. We investigated the effect of Vpu-Gag cross talk on envelope incorporation and assembly in different cell types including primary cells. Gag-Vpu cross talk modulating HIV-1 envelope incorporation and infectivity in cell-type dependent manner From First International Science Symposium on HIV and Infectious Diseases (HIV SCIENCE 2012) Chennai, India. Introduction HIV-1 Vpu plays important role in enhancing virus release and CD4 down-modulation.

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