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Tethering
Tether Teth"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tethered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tethering.] To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits. And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone. --Wordsworth.

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- Tetherin, also known as bone marrow stromal antigen 2, is a lipid raft ****ociated protein that in humans is encoded by the BST2 gene. In addition, tetherin...
- acid is unknown. Tetherin is a defence protein in the innate immune response whose production is activation by interferon. Tetherin specifically inhibits...
- tetherin) and requires Vpu’s TM domain. however, the exact mechanism of how Vpu counteracts BST-2 is still unclear. In the absence of Vpu, tetherin binds...
- defense against retroviruses, along with the APOBEC family of proteins, tetherin and TRIM22. TRIM5α belongs to the TRIM protein family (TRIM stands for...
- CD9 and CD81 CD316 IGSF8, (Immunoglobulin superfamily member 8) CD317 Tetherin or BST2 (bone marrow stromal antigen 2), is a lipid raft ****ociated protein...
- respect to retroviruses, relevant genes include TRIM5alpha, APOBEC, and Tetherin, representing directly antiviral effects Primes alveolar macrophages against...
- 2011). "Serine-threonine ubiquitination mediates downregulation of BST-2/tetherin and relief of restricted virion release by HIV-1 Vpu". Journal of Virology...
- "Broad-Spectrum Inhibition of Retroviral and Filoviral Particle Release by Tetherin". Journal of Virology. 83, 4 (4): 1837–44. doi:10.1128/JVI.02211-08. PMC 2643743...
- viroporin Vpu promotes viral budding through interactions with CD4 and tetherin, though the precise molecular mechanism of this interaction is not known...
- cellular mechanisms through which Vpu counteracts BST2 (also designated Tetherin), an interferon-regulated host factor that strongly inhibits the release...