HIV-1 gp41 and TCRα trans-membrane domains share a motif exploited by the HIV virus to modulate T-cell proliferation

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Cohen, Tomer ^a   Cohen, Shmuel Jaffe ^a   Antonovsky, Niv ^a   Cohen, Irun R ^a   Shai, Yechiel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; GP41 PROTEIN, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IONOMYCIN; IONOPHORE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP41; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IONOMYCIN; IONOPHORES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 78149301312     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001085     Document Type: Article

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