The Variable Loop 3 in the Envelope Glycoprotein Is Critical for the Atypical Coreceptor Usage of an HIV-1 Strain

Yue Xiang; Wei Liu; Yue Chen; Chuntao Zhang; Weiheng Su; Yan Zhang; Jiaxi Sun; Feng Gao; Chunlai Jiang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098058

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The Variable Loop 3 in the Envelope Glycoprotein Is Critical for the Atypical Coreceptor Usage of an HIV-1 Strain

Yue Xiang,

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory For AIDS Vaccine, College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Wei Liu,

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory For AIDS Vaccine, College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Yue Chen,

Affiliation Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Chuntao Zhang,

Affiliation The 2nd Division of In Vitro Diagnostic, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, China
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Weiheng Su,

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory For AIDS Vaccine, College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Yan Zhang,

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory For AIDS Vaccine, College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Jiaxi Sun,

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory For AIDS Vaccine, College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Feng Gao ,

* E-mail: fgao@duke.edu (FG); jiangcl@jlu.edu.cn (CJ)

Affiliations National Engineering Laboratory For AIDS Vaccine, College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China, Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Chunlai Jiang

* E-mail: fgao@duke.edu (FG); jiangcl@jlu.edu.cn (CJ)

Affiliation National Engineering Laboratory For AIDS Vaccine, College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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The Variable Loop 3 in the Envelope Glycoprotein Is Critical for the Atypical Coreceptor Usage of an HIV-1 Strain

Yue Xiang,
Wei Liu,
Yue Chen,
Chuntao Zhang,
Weiheng Su,
Yan Zhang,
Jiaxi Sun,
Feng Gao,
Chunlai Jiang

Published: June 4, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098058

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