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Relationships between CD4 Independence, Neutralization Sensitivity, and Exposure of a CD4-Induced Epitope in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope Protein
1 Jun 2001
Abstract excerpt
A CD4-independent version of the X4 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) HXBc2 envelope (Env) protein, termed 8x, mediates infection of CD4-negative, CXCR4-positive cells, binds directly to CXCR4 in the absence of CD4 due to constitutive exposure of a conserved coreceptor binding site in the gp120 subunit, and is more sensitive to antibody-mediated neutralization. To study the relationships between CD4...
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