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Subtype-specific conservation of isoleucine 309 in the envelope V3 domain is linked to immune evasion in subtype C HIV-1 infection.
Virology - 15 Aug 2010
Lynch Rebecca M, Rong Rong, Li Bing, Shen Tongye, Honnen William, Mulenga Joseph, Allen Susan, Pinter Abraham, Gnanakaran S, Derdeyn Cynthia A
Abstract excerpt
The V3 region of the HIV-1 envelope (Env) glycoprotein gp120 is a key functional domain yet it exhibits distinct mutational patterns across subtypes. Here an invariant residue (Ile 309) was replaced with Leu in 7 subtype C patient-derived Envs from recent infection and 4 related neutralizing antibody escape variants that emerged later. For these 11 Envs, I309L did not alter replication in primary CD4 T cells;...
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