Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 1st, 2006
Study 1: Tumor susceptibility gene 101 variability is associated with HIV disease progression.
"Tumor susceptibility gene 101 (TSG101) encodes a host cellular protein that is appropriated by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in the budding process of viral particles from infected cells.
"Variation in the coding or noncoding regions of the gene could potentially affect the degree of TSG101-mediated release of viral particles," scientists writing in the Journal of Virology report.
According to A.A. Bashirova and colleagues...
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