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SUBMITTER: van Gils MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3147988 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Gils Marit J MJ Edo-Matas Diana D Bowles Emma J EJ Burger Judith A JA Stewart-Jones Guillaume B GB Schuitemaker Hanneke H
Journal of virology 20110608 16
Analysis of longitudinally obtained HIV-1 env sequences from an individual with reported cross-reactive neutralizing activity revealed that the majority of viral variants obtained from serum between 4 and 7 years after seroconversion were unable to persist in peripheral blood. Here we show that these viral variants were more sensitive to autologous serum neutralization, had shorter envelopes with fewer potential N-linked glycosylation sites, and showed lower replication kinetics than successfull ...[more]