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SUBMITTER: Kang YK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4340663 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kang Yun Kenneth YK Andjelic Sofija S Binley James M JM Crooks Emma T ET Franti Michael M Iyer Sai Prasad N SP Donovan Gerald P GP Dey Antu K AK Zhu Ping P Roux Kenneth H KH Durso Robert J RJ Parsons Thomas F TF Maddon Paul J PJ Moore John P JP Olson William C WC
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SOSIP gp140 trimers represent a soluble, stabilized, proteolytically cleaved form of the HIV-1 envelope (Env) glycoproteins. SOSIP gp140 derived from a subtype A HIV-1 isolate, KNH1144, forms exceptionally stable trimers that resemble virion-associated Env in antigenicity and topology. Here, we used electron microscopy to demonstrate that KNH1144 SOSIP gp140 trimers bound three soluble CD4 molecules in a symmetrical orientation similar to that seen for native Env. We compared the immunogenicitie ...[more]