Article
Relationship between the V3 loop and the phenotypes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates from children perinatally infected with HIV-1.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 1995
Mammano F, Salvatori F, Ometto L, Panozzo M, Chieco-Bianchi L, De Rossi A
Abstract excerpt
The third variable region (V3) of the envelope protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) contains group- and type-specific epitopes for neutralizing antibodies and contains determinants involved in viral tropism and syncytium-inducing (SI) activity. We studied the in vivo relationship between V3 sequences and viral phenotypes in 24 perinatally HIV-1-infected children. To avoid in vitro selection of...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Cell Line
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Consensus Sequence
- Epitopes
- HIV Envelope Protein gp120
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Infant
