Genetic diversity of the highly variable V1 region interferes with Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 envelope functionality

Retrovirology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hamoudi, Meriem ^a   Simon Loriere, Etienne ^a,b,c   Gasser, Romain ^a   Negroni, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Envelope; gp120; HIV 1; Variable regions; Viral entry

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

GENETIC VARIATION; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; SELECTION, GENETIC; VIRUS INTERNALIZATION;

EID: 84885969666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-114     Document Type: Article

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