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HIV-1 Rev interacts with HERV-K RcREs present in the human genome and promotes export of unspliced HERV-K proviral RNA.

Laurie R GrayRachel E JacksonPatrick E H JacksonStefan BekiranovDavid RekoshMarie-Louise Hammarskjöld
Published in: Retrovirology (2019)
The HIV Rev protein can functionally interact with many RcREs present in the human genome, depending on the RcRE sequence, as well as the Rev sequence. This leads to export of some of the HERV-K proviral mRNAs and also has the potential to change the expression of non-viral genes.
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