The IFN-inducible antiviral protein tetherin (or BST-2/CD317/HM1.24) impairs release of mature HIV-1 particles from infected cells.HIV-1 Vpu antagonizes the effect of tetherin.The fate of virions Fashion Accessories trapped at the cell surface remains poorly understood.Here, we asked whether tetherin impairs HIV cell-to-cell transmission, a major m
Coffee is a very popular beverage worldwide.However, its composition and characteristics are affected by a number of factors, such as geographical and botanical origin, harvesting and roasting conditions, and brewing method used.As coffee consumption rises, the demands on its high quality and authenticity naturally grows as well.Unfortunately, at t
The objective of this study was to carry out a systematic quality review and meta-analysis of all literature published in years 1981-1997 which studied the effect of drugs in the elderly and which had analyzable data on major groups of drugs.The sources of data were reports of surveys, case-control, Vase prospective and retrospective studies, publi
The discovery of telomeric repeats in interstitial regions of plant chromosomes (ITRs) through molecular cytogenetic techniques was achieved several decades ago.However, the information is scattered and has not been critically evaluated from an evolutionary perspective.Based on the analysis of currently available data, it is shown that ITRs are wid