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CD4 receptor diversity represents an ancient protection mechanism against primate lentiviruses
Infection with human and simian immunodeficiency viruses (HIV/SIV) requires binding of the viral envelope glycoprotein (Env) to the host protein CD4 on the surface of immune cells. Although invariant in humans, the Env binding domain of the chimpanzee CD4 is highly polymorphic, with nine coding vari...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8020793/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33771926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2025914118 |