Evolutionary and Structural Features of the C2, V3 and C3 Envelope Regions Underlying the Differences in HIV-1 and HIV-2 Biology and Infection

Helena Barroso; Pedro Borrego; Inês Bártolo; José Maria Marcelino; Carlos Família; Alexandre Quintas; Nuno Taveira

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014548

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Evolutionary and Structural Features of the C2, V3 and C3 Envelope Regions Underlying the Differences in HIV-1 and HIV-2 Biology and Infection

Helena Barroso ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Helena Barroso, Pedro Borrego

Affiliations Unidade dos Retrovírus e Infecções Associadas (URIA), Centro de Patogénese Molecular, Faculdade de Farmácia de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Caparica, Portugal
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Pedro Borrego ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Helena Barroso, Pedro Borrego

Affiliation Unidade dos Retrovírus e Infecções Associadas (URIA), Centro de Patogénese Molecular, Faculdade de Farmácia de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Inês Bártolo,

Affiliations Unidade dos Retrovírus e Infecções Associadas (URIA), Centro de Patogénese Molecular, Faculdade de Farmácia de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Caparica, Portugal
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José Maria Marcelino,

Affiliation Unidade de Tecnologia de Proteínas e Anticorpos Monoclonais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Lisboa, Portugal
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Carlos Família,

Affiliation Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Caparica, Portugal
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Alexandre Quintas,

Affiliation Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Caparica, Portugal
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Nuno Taveira

* E-mail: ntaveira@ff.ul.pt

Affiliations Unidade dos Retrovírus e Infecções Associadas (URIA), Centro de Patogénese Molecular, Faculdade de Farmácia de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Caparica, Portugal, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Evolutionary and Structural Features of the C2, V3 and C3 Envelope Regions Underlying the Differences in HIV-1 and HIV-2 Biology and Infection

Helena Barroso,
Pedro Borrego,
Inês Bártolo,
José Maria Marcelino,
Carlos Família,
Alexandre Quintas,
Nuno Taveira

Published: January 20, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014548

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