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Mapping of the interaction between the immunodominant loop of the ectodomain of HIV-1 gp41 and human complement protein C1q.
European journal of biochemistry - 1 Oct 1999
Quinkal I, Hernandez J F, Chevallier S, Arlaud G J, Vernet T
Abstract excerpt
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmembrane envelope glycoprotein gp41 has been previously shown to activate the C1 complex of human complement through direct interaction with its C1q subunit. The major interaction site has been located within the gp41 immunodominant region (residues 590-620), and a synthetic peptide overlapping residues 601-613 of gp41 (sequence GIWGCSGKLICTT) was shown to inhibit...
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