Distinct mechanisms regulate exposure of neutralizing epitopes in the V2 and V3 loops of HIV-1 envelope

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12853-12865

  Upadhyay, Chitra ^a,b   Mayr, Luzia M ^a,b   Zhang, Jing ^c   Kumar, Rajnish ^a,b   Gorny, Miroslaw K ^a,b   Nádas, Arthur ^b   Zolla Pazner, Susan ^a,b   Hioe, Catarina E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; EPITOPE; GLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; GLYCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; KIFUNENSINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOMER; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; CELL LINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; CELL LINE; EPITOPES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV-1; HUMANS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84907979710     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02125-14     Document Type: Article

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