Review
Chromatin, gene silencing and HIV latency
Author affiliations
Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK.
Citation and License
Genome Biology 2007, 8:228 doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-11-228
Published: 23 November 2007Abstract
One of the cellular defenses against virus infection is the silencing of viral gene expression. There is evidence that at least two gene-silencing mechanisms are used against the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV). Paradoxically, this cellular defense mechanism contributes to viral latency and persistence, and we review here the relationship of viral latency to gene-silencing mechanisms.
