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Frequent and variable cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte escape-associated fitness costs in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype B Gag proteins.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2013
Boutwell Christian L, Carlson Jonathan M, Lin Tien-Ho, Seese Aaron, Power Karen A, Peng Jian, Tang Yanhua, Brumme Zabrina L, Heckerman David, Schneidewind Arne, Allen Todd M
Abstract excerpt
Cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte (CTL) escape mutations undermine the durability of effective human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific CD8(+) T cell responses. The rate of CTL escape from a given response is largely governed by the net of all escape-associated viral fitness costs and benefits. The observation that CTL escape mutations can carry an associated fitness cost in terms of reduced virus replication...
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