HIV Rev-isited

CTS Truman, A Järvelin, I Davis… - Open Biology, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proteome is expressed from alternatively
spliced and unspliced genomic RNAs. However, HIV-1 RNAs that are not fully spliced are …

Combined HIV-1 sequence and integration site analysis informs viral dynamics and allows reconstruction of replicating viral ancestors

SC Patro, LD Brandt, MJ Bale… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding HIV-1 persistence despite antiretroviral therapy (ART) is of paramount
importance. Both single-genome sequencing (SGS) and integration site analysis (ISA) …

Retroviral hijacking of host transport pathways for genome nuclear export

RT Behrens, NM Sherer - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Recent advances in the study of virus-cell interactions have improved our understanding of
how viruses that replicate their genomes in the nucleus (eg, retroviruses, hepadnaviruses …

Structure of HIV-1 RRE stem-loop II identifies two conformational states of the high-affinity Rev binding site

J Tipo, K Gottipati, M Slaton… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
During HIV infection, specific RNA-protein interaction between the Rev response element
(RRE) and viral Rev protein is required for nuclear export of intron-containing viral mRNA …

Structural mimicry drives HIV-1 rev-mediated HERV-K expression

IP O'Carroll, L Fan, T Kroupa, EK McShane… - Journal of molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Expression of the Human Endogenous Retrovirus Type K (HERV-K), the youngest
and most active HERV, has been associated with various cancers and neurodegenerative …

Highly mutable linker regions regulate HIV-1 rev function and stability

B Jayaraman, JD Fernandes, S Yang, C Smith… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
HIV-1 Rev is an essential viral regulatory protein that facilitates the nuclear export of intron-
containing viral mRNAs. It is organized into structured, functionally well-characterized motifs …

Sequence and functional variation in the HIV-1 Rev regulatory axis

PEH Jackson, G Dzhivhuho, D Rekosh… - Current HIV …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: To complete its replication cycle, HIV-1 requires the nucleocytoplasmic export
of intron-containing viral mRNAs. This process is ordinarily restricted by the cell, but HIV …

A new HIV-1 Rev structure optimizes interaction with target RNA (RRE) for nuclear export

NR Watts, E Eren, X Zhuang, YX Wang… - Journal of structural …, 2018 - Elsevier
HIV-1 Rev mediates the nuclear export of unspliced and partially-spliced viral transcripts for
the production of progeny genomes and structural proteins. In this process, four (or more) …

Creation of the HIV-1 antisense gene asp coincided with the emergence of the pandemic group M and is associated with faster disease progression

A Pavesi, F Romerio - Microbiology Spectrum, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Despite being first identified more than three decades ago, the antisense gene asp of HIV-1
remains an enigma. asp is present uniquely in pandemic (group M) HIV-1 strains, and it is …

HIVIntact: A python-based tool for HIV-1 genome intactness inference

IA Wright, MJ Bale, W Shao, WS Hu, JM Coffin… - Retrovirology, 2021 - Springer
The characterisation of the HIV-1 reservoir, which consists of replication-competent
integrated proviruses that persist on antiretroviral therapy (ART), is made difficult by the rarity …