Human and simian immunodeficiency viruses: virus-receptor interactions.

doi:10.1016/0966-842x(93)90072-y

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Human and simian immunodeficiency viruses: virus-receptor interactions.

Trends in microbiology - 1 Dec 1993

Signoret N, Poignard P, Blanc D, Sattentau Q J

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The major cellular receptor for the primate immunodeficiency viruses is the CD4 molecule. As well as mediating virion attachment to the cell surface, CD4 is thought to activate the viral fusion pathway. CD4 is not, however, sufficient for viral entry; other molecules are probably involved, and in...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
CD4 Antigens
HIV
Molecular Sequence Data
Phenotype
Receptors, Virus
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus

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