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Dual pressure from antiretroviral therapy and cell-mediated immune response on the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease gene.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 2003
Karlsson Annika C, Deeks Steven G, Barbour Jason D, Heiken Brandon D, Younger Sophie R, Hoh Rebecca, Lane Meghan, Sällberg Matti, Ortiz Gabriel M, Demarest James F, Liegler Teri, Grant Robert M, Martin Jeffrey N, Nixon Douglas F
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific CD8(+) T-lymphocyte pressure can lead to the development of viral escape mutants, with consequent loss of immune control. Antiretroviral drugs also exert selection pressures on HIV, leading to the emergence of drug resistance mutations and increased levels of viral replication. We have determined a minimal epitope of HIV protease, amino acids 76 to 84, towards which a...
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