See Also: gene products, tax(medicine)
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gene products, vpu(medicine)
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gene products, vpu (medicine) and mime 2, verb (oh)


gene products, vpu (medicine)


gene products, vpu


Non-glycosylated, membrane-associated, 16 kD proteins which are expressed in large amounts in cells infected with HIV-1. The proteins are required for efficient virion maturation and release. They are not present in HIV-2 nor in siv. Vpu is short for viral protein u, with u undefined.


mime 2, verb (oh)



2 v [I and T]
to describe or express something, using movements not words
::Stan put a finger to his mouth, miming 'shush'.
mime doing sth
::Soundlessly, she mimed picking up a phone and speaking into it.
to pretend to play or sing a piece of Music, without making any sound
mime to
::Singers on Television often mime to pre-recorded tapes.