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Adaptation of a CXCR4-using human immunodeficiency type 1 NDK virus in intestinal cells is associated with CD4-independent replication.
Virology - 20 Dec 2002
Chenine Agnès-Laurence, Pion Marjorie, Matouskova Eva, Gondois-Rey Françoise, Vigne Robert, Hirsch Ivan
Abstract excerpt
Infection of epithelial colon carcinoma cell line HT29 with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) NDK, a subtype D virus highly cytopathic for CD4-positive lymphocytes, results in the selection of HIV-1 variants, 1000 times more infectious for CD4(-) intestinal cells than the parental virus. Here, we demonstrate that the envelope gene of intestinal cell-adapted virus conferred to recombinant clone HIV-1...
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