In contrast, lentiviruses such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) do not depend on host cell mitosis to access the nucleus. As a consequence, lentviruses are able to replicate within non ...

Lentiviruses have the unique ability amongst retroviruses of being able to infect non-cycling cells. Vectors derived from lentiviruses have provided a huge advancement in technology and seemingly ...

Current projects in the laboratory focus on retroviruses, specifically the lentiviruses of humans and their primate relatives (the human and simian immunodeficiency viruses – HIV and SIV). Among other ...