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MxB/Mx2: the latest piece in HIV's interferon puzzle
Author(s) -
Fackler Oliver T,
Keppler Oliver T
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2013.172
Subject(s) - interferon , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , virus , innate immune system , immunology , immune system
Three groups have recently shown in Nature and Cell Host & Microbe that MxB/Mx2 is an interferon‐inducible HIV restriction factor, adding to the innate arsenal of the cell against the virus and paving the way for the possible development of new antiviral strategies.