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Structural basis for HIV-1 gp120 recognition by a germ-line version of a broadly neutralizing antibody.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Apr 2013
Scharf Louise, West Anthony P, Gao Han, Lee Terri, Scheid Johannes F, Nussenzweig Michel C, Bjorkman Pamela J, Diskin Ron
Abstract excerpt
Efforts to design an effective antibody-based vaccine against HIV-1 would benefit from understanding how germ-line B-cell receptors (BCRs) recognize the HIV-1 gp120/gp41 envelope spike. Potent VRC01-like (PVL) HIV-1 antibodies derived from the VH1-2*02 germ-line allele target the conserved CD4 binding site on gp120. A bottleneck for design of immunogens capable of eliciting PVL antibodies is that VH1-2*02...
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