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== Function ==
== Function ==
'''Virion infectivity factor''' (Vif) of HIV-1 is essential for efficient viral replication by binding to the a component of the innate immune system and triggering its polyubiquitination and rapid degradation thus preventing its entry into progeny virions<ref>PMID:15177194</ref>. <scene name='75/750233/Cv/3'>Interactions between HIV-1 virion infectivity factor and human elongin-B and elongin-C</scene>.
'''Virion infectivity factor''' (Vif) of HIV-1 is essential for efficient viral replication by binding to the a component of the innate immune system and triggering its polyubiquitination and rapid degradation thus preventing its entry into progeny virions<ref>PMID:15177194</ref>. <scene name='75/750233/Cv/4'>Interactions between HIV-1 virion infectivity factor and human elongin-B and elongin-C</scene>.


For details see [[HIV and accessory proteins]]
For details see [[HIV and accessory proteins]]