REV:

(rev) One of the regulatory genes of HIV. Three HIV regulatory genes-tat, rev, and nef -and three so-called auxiliary genes-vif, vpr, and vpu-contain information necessary for the production of proteins that control the virus's ability to infect a cell, produce new copies of the virus, or cause disease. See nef; tat.

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