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ArticleJournal of molecular evolution2008

Positive selection on HIV accessory proteins and the analysis of molecular adaptation after interspecies transmission.

André E R Soares, Marcelo A Soares, Carlos G Schrago

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Article in Journal of molecular evolution, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors.

André E R SoaresDepartamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundao, Rio de Janeiro, RJ CEP 21.941-590, Brazil.
Marcelo A Soares
Carlos G Schrago

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Abstract

Studies examining positive selection on accessory proteins of HIV are rare, although these proteins play an important role in pathogenesis in vivo. Moreover, despite the biological relevance of analyses of molecular adaptation after viral transmission between species, the issue is still poorly studied. Here we present evidence that accessory proteins are subjected to positive selective forces exclusively in HIV. This scenario suggests that accessory protein genes are under adaptive evolution in HIV clades, while in SIVcpz such a phenomenon could not be detected. As a result, we show that comparative studies are critical to carry out functional investigation of positively selected protein sites, as they might help to achieve a better comprehension of the biology of HIV pathogenesis.

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Evolution, MolecularAnimalsHIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus ProteinsHumansSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNASimian Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeSimian Immunodeficiency VirusViral Regulatory and Accessory ProteinsHuman Immunodeficiency Virus ProteinsViral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins

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