In article <reon.1.000CA662 at infruit.agric.za>, reon at infruit.agric.za (Reon
Brand) wrote:
> Interesting
>> How about a "disarmed retrovirus" that encodes an antisense mRNA copy of the
> receptor protein for a particular retrovirus. Could this protect cells
> against infection?
Interesting idea, although as with any strategy aimed against a host cell
protein, there might be dire consequences to the host cell or host
organism of functionally deleting such a receptor. Targetting the
antisense mRNA would not be useful in this case since the receptor would
have to be eliminated from any potential host cells.
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