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HIV type 1 infection of CD4+ T cells depends critically on basic amino acid residues in the V3 domain of envelope glycoprotein 120.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jul 1994
Okada T, Patterson B K, Otto P A, Gurney M E
Abstract excerpt
The third variable domain (V3 domain) of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein gp120 is a major determinant of phenotypic variability. The V3 domain of HIV-1 has many basic amino acid residues. Lymphocytotropic HIV-1 tends to have a V3 domain with a higher density of positive charge than does monocytotropic HIV-1. The importance of basic residues in the V3 domain for the HIV-1...
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