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Association of variations of NAb 2F5 and 4E10 epitopes and disease progression in Chinese antiretroviral treatment-naïve patients infected with HIV-1 clade B'.
Chinese medical journal - 1 Dec 2010
Zhang Xiao-Li, Han Xiao-Xu, Dai Di, Bao Ming-Jia, Xu Dong-Bing, Zhang Zi-Ning, Wang Ya-Nan, Zhao Min, Bice Tristan, Jiang Yong-Jun, Shang Hong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Studies on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vaccines have recently focused on targeting the conserved neutralizing epitopes 2F5 and 4E10, and hence it is important to understand the extent of mutations in these two viral epitopes. Here, we investigated the amino acid mutations in epitopes of 2F5 (ELDKWA, HIV-1 HXB2 env 662 - 667 aa) and 4E10 (NWFDIT, HIV-1 HXB2 env 671 - 676 aa) in the...
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