Littman D R
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0414.
Curr Biol. 1994 Jul 1;4(7):618-20. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00135-4.
The nef genes of HIV and SIV are dispensable in vitro, but are essential for viral spread and disease progression in vivo. Nef-induced down-regulation of CD4, the viral receptor, may be the key to this requirement.
HIV和SIV的nef基因在体外并非必需,但对病毒在体内的传播和疾病进展至关重要。Nef诱导的病毒受体CD4下调可能是这一需求的关键所在。