Compensatory mutation partially restores fitness and delays reversion of escape mutation within the immunodominant HLA-B*5703-restricted Gag epitope in chronic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.

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Published in J Virol on May 16, 2007

Authors

Hayley Crawford1, Julia G Prado, Alasdair Leslie, Stéphane Hué, Isobella Honeyborne, Sharon Reddy, Mary van der Stok, Zenele Mncube, Christian Brander, Christine Rousseau, James I Mullins, Richard Kaslow, Paul Goepfert, Susan Allen, Eric Hunter, Joseph Mulenga, Photini Kiepiela, Bruce D Walker, Philip J R Goulder

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, University of Oxford, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, South Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3SY, United Kingdom.

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