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In vivo sequence changes of HIV-1 envelope V2 and V3 loops.
Leukemia - 1 Apr 1997
Shioda T, Oka S, Nagai Y
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) circulates in vivo as heterogeneous mixed populations (quasispecies). We analyzed the quasispecies nature of the first, second, and third hypervariable loops (V1, V2, and V3) of the gp 120 in plasma and viral isolates obtained from 19 infected individuals. Sequence analysis of 7 SI and 10 NSI isolates showed that the increased positive charge in V3 and elongation of V1...
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