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Contrasting effects of natural selection on human and chimpanzee CC chemokine receptor 5.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 2005
Wooding Stephen, Stone Anne C, Dunn Diane M, Mummidi Srinivas, Jorde Lynn B, Weiss Robert K, Ahuja Sunil, Bamshad Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) evolved via cross-species transmission of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVcpz) from chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Chimpanzees, like humans, are susceptible to infection by HIV-1. However, unlike humans, infected chimpanzees seldom develop immunodeficiency when infected with SIVcpz or HIV-1. SIVcpz and most strains of HIV-1 require the cell-surface receptor CC...
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