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Analysis of HIV type 1 gp41 sequences in diverse HIV type 1 strains.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Dec 2007
Eshleman Susan H, Hudelson Sarah E, Bruce Robert, Lee Travis, Owens Michelle R, Hackett John, Swanson Priscilla, Devare Sushil G, Marlowe Natalia
Abstract excerpt
The HIV fusion inhibitor enfuvirtide (ENF/Fuzeon) targets the env gp41 transmembrane domain. Mutations in gp41 are associated with ENF resistance. We developed a prototype assay to genotype a 676-bp region spanning the heptad repeat domains (HR1 and HR2) of HIV-1 gp41. Plasma samples were collected from 126 HIV-1-infected blood donors in Cameroon, Brazil, Uganda, South Africa, Thailand, and Argentina. Based on...
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