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Tertiary mutations stabilize CD8+ T lymphocyte escape-associated compensatory mutations following transmission of simian immunodeficiency virus.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2014
Burwitz Benjamin J, Wu Helen L, Reed Jason S, Hammond Katherine B, Newman Laura P, Bimber Benjamin N, Nimiyongskul Francesca A, Leon Enrique J, Maness Nicholas J, Friedrich Thomas C, Yokoyama Masaru, Sato Hironori, Matano Tetsuro, O'Connor David H, Sacha Jonah B
Abstract excerpt
Compensatory mutations offset fitness defects resulting from CD8(+) T lymphocyte (CD8(TL))-mediated escape, but their impact on viral evolution following transmission to naive hosts remains unclear. Here, we investigated the reversion kinetics of Gag(181-189)CM9 CD8(TL) escape-associated compensa...
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