Mycobacterial and HIV Infections Up-Regulated Human Zinc Finger Protein 134 a Novel Positive Regulator of HIV-1 LTR Activity and Viral Propagation

摘要

BackgroundConcurrent occurrence of HIV and Tuberculosis (TB) infections influence the cellular environment of the host for synergistic existence. An elementary approach to understand such coalition at the molecular level is to understand the interactions of the host and the viral factors that subsequently effect viral replication. Long terminal repeats (LTR) of HIV genome serve as a template for binding trans-acting viral and cellular factors that regulate its transcriptional activity, thereby, deciding the fate of HIV pathogenesis, making it an ideal system to explore the interplay between HIV and the host.