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. 1989 Jul;63(7):3205–3208. doi: 10.1128/jvi.63.7.3205-3208.1989

Viral protein R of human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 is dispensable for replication and cytopathogenicity in lymphoid cells.

D Dedera 1, W Hu 1, N Vander Heyden 1, L Ratner 1
PMCID: PMC250884  PMID: 2524599

Abstract

Viral protein R (VPR) is conserved in human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2). To assess its function, we have constructed mutations within the vpr coding regions of HIV-1 and HIV-2 predicted to express truncated VPR products. Infectious virus was produced by each proviral clone and showed similar replication kinetics and cytopathogenicity when compared with the corresponding parental proviral clone.

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