M-Sec promotes the production of infectious HIV-1 virus through the exocyst complex in macrophages

• Reem M. Mahmoud,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Division of Infection & Hematopoiesis, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Pathology, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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• Masateru Hiyoshi,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Next-Generation Biologics Research, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo, Japan

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• Randa A. Abdelnaser,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Infection & Hematopoiesis, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Kazuaki Monde,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Nami Monde,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Takaaki Koma,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

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• Hidenobu Mizuno,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation International Research Center for Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Sara A. Habash,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Division of Infection & Hematopoiesis, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Pathology, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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• Naofumi Takahashi,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Infection & Hematopoiesis, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Yosuke Maeda,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Department of Nursing, Kibi International University, Okayama, Japan

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• Akira Ono,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Shinya Suzu

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ssuzu06@kumamoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Infection & Hematopoiesis, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2531-4770

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