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Enhancing immunity to HIV through APOBEC

A small molecule that interferes with HIV Vif promotes the antiviral activity of the human protein APOBEC3G.

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Figure 1: Targeting the A3G-Vif axis.

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Harris, R. Enhancing immunity to HIV through APOBEC. Nat Biotechnol 26, 1089–1090 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1008-1089

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