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Affinofile profiling: how efficiency of CD4/CCR5 usage impacts the biological and pathogenic phenotype of HIV.
Virology - 5 Jan 2013
Chikere Kelechi, Chou Tom, Gorry Paul R, Lee Benhur
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 envelope (Env) uses CD4 and a coreceptor (CCR5 and/or CXCR4) for viral entry. The efficiency of receptor/coreceptor mediated entry has important implications for HIV pathogenesis and transmission. The advent of CCR5 inhibitors in clinical use also underscores the need for quantitative and p...
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