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Differential reactivity of germ line allelic variants of a broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibody to a gp41 fusion intermediate conformation.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2011
Alam S Munir, Liao Hua-Xin, Dennison S Moses, Jaeger Frederick, Parks Robert, Anasti Kara, Foulger Andrew, Donathan Michele, Lucas Judith, Verkoczy Laurent, Nicely Nathan, Tomaras Georgia D, Kelsoe Garnett, Chen Bing, Kepler Thomas B, Haynes Barton F
Abstract excerpt
Genetic factors, as well as antigenic stimuli, can influence antibody repertoire formation. Moreover, the affinity of antigen for unmutated naïve B cell receptors determines the threshold for activation of germinal center antibody responses. The gp41 2F5 broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb) uses the V(H)2-5 gene, which has 10 distinct alleles that use either a heavy-chain complementarity-determining region 2...
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