A mechanistic understanding of allosteric immune escape pathways in the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein.

The HIV-1 envelope (Env) spike, which consists of a compact, heterodimeric trimer of the glycoproteins gp120 and gp41, is the target of neutralizing antibodies. However, the high mutation rate of HIV-1 and plasticity of Env facilitates viral evasion from neutralizing antibodies through various mecha...

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Main Authors: Anurag Sethi, Jianhui Tian, Cynthia A Derdeyn, Bette Korber, S Gnanakaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3656115?pdf=render