The shortcoming of human being immunodeficiency virus type 1(HIV-1) to reproduce in rhesus macaque cells is partly because of the failure of HIV-1 Vif to counteract the restriction factor APOBEC3G. changing HIV-1 capsid and Vif protein using their SIVMAC counterparts leads to a virus that may replicate in major rhesus macaque cells nearly as effectively… Continue reading The shortcoming of human being immunodeficiency virus type 1(HIV-1) to reproduce