Protease cleavage sites in HIV-1 gp120 recognized by antigen processing enzymes are conserved and located at receptor binding sites

Journal of Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1513-1526

  Yu, Bin ^a   Fonseca, Dora P A J ^a   O'Rourke, Sara M ^a   Berman, Phillip W ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN L; CATHEPSIN S; CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV-1; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 73949101842     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01765-09     Document Type: Article

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