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Carbohydrate-binding agents cause deletions of highly conserved glycosylation sites in HIV GP120: a new therapeutic concept to hit the achilles heel of HIV.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Dec 2005
Balzarini Jan, Van Laethem Kristel, Hatse Sigrid, Froeyen Matheus, Peumans Willy, Van Damme Els, Schols Dominique
Abstract excerpt
Mannose-binding proteins derived from several plants (i.e. Hippeastrum hybrid and Galanthus nivalis agglutinin) or prokaryotes (i.e. cyanovirin-N) inhibit human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication and select for drug-resistant viruses that show profound deletion of N-glycosylation sites in t...
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