Plastic Proteins and Monkey Blocks: How Lentiviruses Evolved to Replicate in the Presence of Primate Restriction Factors

Kevin R. McCarthy; Welkin E. Johnson

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004017

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Plastic Proteins and Monkey Blocks: How Lentiviruses Evolved to Replicate in the Presence of Primate Restriction Factors

Kevin R. McCarthy,

Affiliations Harvard Program in Virology Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Boston College, Biology Department, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Welkin E. Johnson

* E-mail: welkin.johnson@bc.edu

Affiliation Boston College, Biology Department, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Plastic Proteins and Monkey Blocks: How Lentiviruses Evolved to Replicate in the Presence of Primate Restriction Factors

Kevin R. McCarthy,
Welkin E. Johnson

Published: April 17, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004017

About the Authors

Kevin R. McCarthy

Affiliations Harvard Program in Virology Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Boston College, Biology Department, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Welkin E. Johnson

* E-mail: welkin.johnson@bc.edu

Affiliation Boston College, Biology Department, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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