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Mechanism of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 resistance to monoclonal antibody B12 that effectively targets the site of CD4 attachment.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2009
Wu Xueling, Zhou Tongqing, O'Dell Sijy, Wyatt Richard T, Kwong Peter D, Mascola John R
Abstract excerpt
The region of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein gp120 that engages its primary cellular receptor CD4 forms a site of vulnerability to neutralizing antibodies. The monoclonal antibody b12 exploits the conservation and accessibility of the CD4-binding site to neutralize many, though not all, HIV-1 isolates. To understand the basis of viral resistance to b12, we used the...
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