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Newly Exerted T Cell Pressures on Mutated Epitopes following Transmission Help Maintain Consensus HIV-1 Sequences.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Eriksson Emily M, Liegler Teri, Keh Chris E, Karlsson Annika C, Holditch Sara J, Pilcher Christopher D, Loeb Lisa, Nixon Douglas F, Hecht Frederick M
Abstract excerpt
CD8+ T cells are important for HIV-1 virus control, but are also a major contributing factor that drives HIV-1 virus sequence evolution. Although HIV-1 cytotoxic T cell (CTL) escape mutations are a common aspect during HIV-1 infection, less is known about the importance of T cell pressure in reversing HIV-1 virus back to a consensus sequences. In this study we aimed to assess the frequency with which reversion of...
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