HIV genome map This genetic map of the HIV-1 viral genome depicts the structural and regulatory genes in their relative position as well as their products and functions. - The remaining genes (vif, vpr, vpu, rev and nef) are regulatory genes whose products play critical roles in controlling viral expression of viral gene products within the infected cell. -The rev-responsive element (RRE) is the binding site for the rev gene product which transport RNA massage from the nucleus

HIV-1 and related Retroviruses Primate lentiviruses

There are three major species of African green monkeys Studies of the African green monkey and their related simian virus (SIVagm)yield important information in our understanding of HIV-1 and HIV-2. There are three major species of African green monkeys

Geographic domain of African green monkeys This map of Africa indicates the native locations of different species of the African green monkey.Within each species, a unique family of SIVagm has been show to exist. Geographic domain of African green monkeys

Phylogenic differences of SIVagm When the SIVagm from different species of African green monkeys are genetically mapped the phylogenic tree demonstrates unique clustering of SIVagm based on the species was obtained. Phylogenic differences of SIVagm

Subgroups of SIV SIVagm has several subspecies bas on the species of African green monkey Subgroups of SIV