Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Env with an intersubunit disulfide bond engages coreceptors but requires bond reduction after engagement to induce fusion

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5829-5836

  Abrahamyan, L G ^a   Markosyan, R M ^a   Moore, J P ^b   Cohen, F S ^a   Melikyan, G B ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONFORMATION; DISULFIDE BOND; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANTIGENS, CD4; CELL LINE; DISULFIDES; DITHIOTHREITOL; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP41; HIV-1; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CCR5; RECEPTORS, HIV; REDUCING AGENTS;

EID: 0037847545     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.10.5829-5836.2003     Document Type: Article

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