Chemicals and Drugs

vif Gene Products

Retrovirally encoded accessary proteins that play an essential role VIRUS REPLICATION. They are found in the cytoplasm of host cells and associate with a variety of host cell proteins. Vif stands for virion infectivity factor.

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Abstract

Retrovirally encoded accessary proteins that play an essential role VIRUS REPLICATION. They are found in the cytoplasm of host cells and associate with a variety of host cell proteins. Vif stands for virion infectivity factor.

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  • Gene Product, sor
  • Gene Product, vif
  • Gene Products, sor
  • Gene Products, vif
  • sor Gene Products
  • vif Protein
  • sor Gene Product
  • vif Gene Product

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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Previous Indexing

  • Retroviridae Proteins (1986)
  • Viral Proteins (1987-1990)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. vif Gene Products. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016346. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016346
  2. vif Gene Products. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_infectivity_factor
  3. vif Gene Products. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4011523