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V3 loop sequence space analysis suggests different evolutionary patterns of CCR5- and CXCR4-tropic HIV.
PloS one - 9 Oct 2009
Bozek Katarzyna, Thielen Alexander, Sierra Saleta, Kaiser Rolf, Lengauer Thomas
Abstract excerpt
The V3 loop of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is critical for coreceptor binding and is the main determinant of which of the cellular coreceptors, CCR5 or CXCR4, the virus uses for cell entry. The aim of this study is to provide a large-scale data driven analysis of HIV-1 coreceptor usage with respect to the V3 loop evolution and to characterize CCR5- and CXCR4-tropic viral phenotypes previously...
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