TY - JOUR AU - Liang, Zhibin AU - Zhang, Yang AU - Song, Jie AU - Zhang, Hui AU - Zhang, Suzhen AU - Li, Yue AU - Tan, Juan AU - Qiao, Wentao PY - 2017 DA - 2017/09/06 TI - The effect of bovine BST2A1 on the release and cell-to-cell transmission of retroviruses JO - Virology Journal SP - 173 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Human BST2 (hBST2, also called Tetherin) is a host restriction factor that blocks the release of various enveloped viruses. BST2s from different mammals also possess antiviral activity. Bovine BST2s (bBST2s), bBST2A1 and bBST2A2, reduce production of cell-free bovine leukemia virus (BLV) and vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). However, the effect of bBST2 on other retroviruses remains unstudied. SN - 1743-422X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-017-0835-0 DO - 10.1186/s12985-017-0835-0 ID - Liang2017 ER -