InterPro domain: IPR004247

General Information

  • Identifier IPR004247
  • Description Lentiviral Vpr-like protein
  • Number of genes 1
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Abstract

This family consists of Vpr-like accessory proteins from maedi-visna and caprine/ovine lentivirus. This small open reading frame (ORF) in maedi-visna virus (MVV) and caprine arthritis encephalitis virus (CAEV) was initially named "tat" by analogy with a similarly placed ORF in the primate lentiviruses [ 1 , 2 ].


1. Characterization of a cDNA clone encoding the visna virus transactivating protein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86, 414-8
2. Maedi-visna virus and caprine arthritis encephalitis virus genomes encode a Vpr-like but no Tat protein. J. Virol. 77, 9632-8

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