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New findings demonstrate that the accessory proteins of primate lentiviruses are molecular tricksters that hold the strings to the pathogenesis of AIDS (pages 1397–1408).
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Trono, D. When accessories turn out to be essential. Nat Med 4, 1368–1369 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/3953
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