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The TAR aptamer serves as a decoy, preventing the Tat protein from binding the endogenous TAR RNA, thereby inhibiting HIV gene expression and replication. Modified with permission from the Annual Review of Medicine. Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; RNA, ribonucleic acid; TAR, trans-activation response.
