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Key Positions of HIV-1 Env and Signatures of Vaccine Efficacy Show Gradual Reduction of Population Founder Effects at the Clade and Regional Levels.
mBio - 9 Jun 2020
Han Changze, Johnson Jacklyn, Dong Rentian, Kandula Raghavendranath, Kort Alexa, Wong Maria, Yang Tianbao, Breheny Patrick J, Brown Grant D, Haim Hillel
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 group M was transmitted to humans nearly one century ago. The virus has since evolved to form distinct clades, which spread to different regions of the world. The envelope glycoproteins (Envs) of HIV-1 have rapidly diversified in all infected populations. We examined whether key antigenic sites of Env and signatures of vaccine efficacy are evolving toward similar or distinct structural forms in different...
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