The HIV Env Glycoprotein Conformational States on Cells and Viruses

ABSTRACT The HIV Env glycoprotein is the surface glycoprotein responsible for viral entry into CD4+ immune cells. During infection, Env also serves as a primary target for antibody responses, which are robust but unable to control virus replication. Immune evasion by HIV-1 Env appears to employ comp...

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Main Authors: Connie Zhao, Hongru Li, Talia H. Swartz, Benjamin K. Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01825-21