Sub-Inhibitory Concentrations of Human α-defensin Potentiate Neutralizing Antibodies against HIV-1 gp41 Pre-Hairpin Intermediates in the Presence of Serum

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Lusine Demirkhanyan,

Current address: Department of Cancer Biology & Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emory University Children's Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Mariana Marin,

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emory University Children's Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Wuyuan Lu,

Affiliation Institute of Human Virology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Gregory B. Melikyan

* E-mail: gmeliki@emory.edu

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emory University Children's Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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