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Genetically divergent strains of simian immunodeficiency virus use CCR5 as a coreceptor for entry.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 1997
Chen Z, Zhou P, Ho D D, Landau N R, Marx P A
Abstract excerpt
Entry of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) requires CD4 and one of a family of related seven-transmembrane-domain coreceptors. Macrophage-tropic HIV-1 isolates are generally specific for CCR5, a receptor for the CC chemokines RANTES, MIP-1alpha, and MIP-1beta, while T-cell line-tropic viruses tend to use CXCR4 (also known as fusin, LESTR, or HUMSTR). Like HIV-1, simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)...
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