沿基因分布的LEDGF和HIV-1 DNA整合位置之间的关系

Rakesh Pathak1, Caroline Esnault2, Rajalingam Radhakrishnan3

  • 1Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

mBio
|March 4, 2026
PubMed
概括

这项研究揭示了LEDGF蛋白如何通过与促进器和延长过程中与RNA Pol II相互作用,引导HIV-1集成到活性基因,为抗病毒疗法提供了新的点.

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