Mutation Information
Mutation Site
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I17T |
Mutation Type
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Amino acid level |
Gene/Protein/Region Type
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Vpu |
Country
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USA |
Literature Information
PubMed PMID
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24465210
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Disease
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HIV infection/AIDS
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Published Year
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2014 |
Journal
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PLoS pathogens |
Title
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Preservation of tetherin and CD4 counter-activities in circulating Vpu alleles despite extensive sequence variation within HIV-1 infected individuals. |
Author
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Pickering S,Hué S,Kim EY,Reddy S,Wolinsky SM,Neil SJ |
Evidence
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However, of the three in which specific changes could be assigned to loss of function, these mapped to conserved residues in the first alpha helix of the Vpu cytoplasmic tail (n = 1) and transmembrane region (n = 2), specifically I17T, V22A and I39L.
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