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Fig. 1 | Retrovirology

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From: Inhibition of human endogenous retrovirus-K by antiretroviral drugs

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Consensus HERV-K has the ability to generate active viral particles. a The consensus complete HERV-K genomic sequence was cloned into the pcDNA3.1 vector with HIV-1 Rev resulting in a plasmid termed pCD-HK/Rev. bi HeLa cells were transfected with the pCD-HK/Rev plasmid in combination with plasmids for HIV-1 Tat. The reverse transcriptase (RT) activity in the culture supernatant was determined by PERT assay at 24, 48 and 72 h post-transfection. ii Recombinant HIV RT was diluted serially in culture media and used as an activity standard. HERV-K RT activity in i was quantified using this standard. c Western blot analyses for HERV-K Env expression in 293T cells after transfection with pCD-HK/Rev. d HERV-K transfected or mock transfected cells were fixed 24 h post-transfection and immunostained with primary antibodies for HERV-K Gag and HERV-K Pol. Alexa 488-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG and Alexa 594-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG were used as secondary antibodies

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