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Stoichiometry of envelope glycoprotein trimers in the entry of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2005
Yang Xinzhen, Kurteva Svetla, Ren Xinping, Lee Sandra, Sodroski Joseph
Abstract excerpt
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoproteins (Envs) function as a trimer, mediating virus entry by promoting the fusion of the viral and target cell membranes. HIV-1 Env trimers induce membrane fusion through a pH-independent pathway driven by the interaction between an Env trimer and its cellular receptors, CD4 and CCR5/CXCR4. We studied viruses with mixed heterotrimers of wild-type and...
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