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Early- and intermediate-stage variants of simian immunodeficiency virus replicate efficiently in cells lacking CCR5.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2003
Forte Serene, Harmon Mary-Elizabeth, Pineda Mario J, Overbaugh Julie
Abstract excerpt
Primate lentiviruses are thought to use the chemokine receptor CCR5 as the major coreceptor for entry into cells. Here we show that some variants of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) replicate efficiently in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) lacking a functional CCR5. There were differences in the replication patterns of sequential variants that evolved during SIVMne infection; the late-stage...
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