Monkey Gene That Blocks AIDS Viruses Evolved More Than Once


	Monkey Gene That Blocks AIDS Viruses Evolved More Than Once

spolastre

2-29-2008 12:17 PM

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hiv, monkeys, gene

spolastre says:

An HIV outbreak could have occurred in primate ancestors? That's kind of intriguing.

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<SPAN id="lw_1204304921_0" class="yshortcuts">HIV</SPAN> has been identified by <SPAN id="lw_1204304921_1" class="yshortcuts">Harvard Medical School</SPAN> researchers, who add
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proteins, TRIM5 and CypA. This combination creates a single protein that
blocks infections by lentiviruses.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080229/hl_hsn/monkeygenethatblocksaidsvirusesevolvedmorethanonce"><P>It may be possible that the combination genes developed to prevent
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