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Mutations in gp120 contribute to the resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 to membrane-anchored C-peptide maC46.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2009
Hermann Felix G, Egerer Lisa, Brauer Frances, Gerum Christian, Schwalbe Harald, Dietrich Ursula, von Laer Dorothee
Abstract excerpt
Binding of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope glycoprotein (Env) to the cellular CD4 receptor and a chemokine coreceptor initiates a series of conformational changes in the Env subunits gp120 and gp41. Eventually, the trimeric gp41 folds into a six-helix bundle, thereby inducing fusion of the viral and cellular membranes. C peptides derived from the C-terminal heptad repeat (CHR) of gp41 are...
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