Article
Structural analysis of the principal immunodominant domain of the feline immunodeficiency virus transmembrane glycoprotein.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 1995
Pancino G, Camoin L, Sonigo P
Abstract excerpt
In the transmembrane envelope glycoprotein (TM) of lentiviruses, including human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), two cysteine residues, conserved in most retroviruses, are thought to form a loop containing five to seven amino acids. These elements make up a B-cell epitope recognized by nearly 100% of sera from infected patients or animals, designated the principal...
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