期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1990
卷号：87
期号：2
页码：772-776
DOI：10.1073/pnas.87.2.772
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：The qualitative nature of human immunodeficiency virus replication dynamics is examined by using the known action of regulatory proteins. The combination of activation of transcription by the Tat protein and the influence of the Rev protein on processing of RNA leads to a regulatory loop that can have multiple expression rates. In the lower state, the regulatory loop leads to low, or no, production of virus, which corresponds to its quiescent state. Conversely, when the regulatory loop is in the upper state, active production of virus is maintained over time. These features of the kinetic model have implications for both human immunodeficiency virus-related illness and therapeutics and predict testable experimental results in vitro.
