The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules involved in HIV
infection, proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, and
protective compounds including such nucleic acid molecules, proteins and
inhibitors of products encoded by such nucleic acid molecules. In
addition, the invention also relates to methods for identifying
additional genetic suppressor elements, cellular genes corresponding to
such GSEs, and methods of using such cellular genes and their encoded
products in screening assays for selecting additional inhibitors of HIV.
