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Variants of CCR5, which are permissive for HIV-1 infection, show distinct functional responses to CCL3, CCL4 and CCL5.
Genes and immunity - 1 Oct 2005
Dong H-F, Wigmore K, Carrington M N, Dean M, Turpin J A, Howard O M Z
Abstract excerpt
CCR5 is one of the primary coreceptors for Env-mediated fusion between cells and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Analyses of CCR5 variants in cohorts of HIV-1 high-risk individuals led to the identification of multiple single amino-acid substitutions, which may have functional conseq...
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