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Clade-specific differences between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 clades B and C: diversity and correlations in C3-V4 regions of gp120.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2007
Gnanakaran S, Lang Dorothy, Daniels Marcus, Bhattacharya Tanmoy, Derdeyn Cynthia A, Korber Bette
Abstract excerpt
Current knowledge of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope (Env) glycoprotein structure and function is based on studies of clade B viruses. We present evidence of sequence and structural differences in viral glycoprotein gp120 between clades B and C. In clade C, the C3 region alpha2-helix exhibits high sequence entropy at the polar face but maintains its amphipathicity, whereas in clade B it accommodates...
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