Human APOBEC3G Prevents Emergence of Infectious Endogenous Retrovirus in Mice
Treger RS, Tokuyama M, Dong H, Salas-Briceno K, Ross SR, Kong Y, Iwasaki A. Human APOBEC3G Prevents Emergence of Infectious Endogenous Retrovirus in Mice. Journal Of Virology 2019, 93: 10.1128/jvi.00728-19. PMID: 31341050, PMCID: PMC6798113, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00728-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsToll-like receptor 7Infectious endogenous retrovirusHuman APOBEC3GAPOBEC3GHA3GEndogenous retrovirusesAntiviral restriction factorsReceptor 7Human endogenous retrovirusesTransgenic miceERV RNAsERV reactivationMiceAPOBEC3 proteinsCell-intrinsic defenseHost mechanismsPrevents emergenceRestriction factorsPermissive cellsDeleterious consequencesSubsequent disruptionRetrovirusesEctopic expressionHumansExpression