Algal Lectins as Potential HIV Microbicide Candidates
The development and use of topical microbicides potentially offers an additional strategy to reduce the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Carbohydrate-binding agents (CBAs) that show specificity for high mannose carbohydrates on the surface of the heavily glycosylated envelope of HIV...
Main Authors: | Dominique Schols, Dana Huskens |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2012-07-01
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Series: | Marine Drugs |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/10/7/1476 |
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