Escape and compensation from early HLA-B57-mediated cytotoxic T-lymphocyte pressure on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Gag alter capsid interactions with cyclophilin A.

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Published in J Virol on August 29, 2007

Authors

Mark A Brockman1, Arne Schneidewind, Matthew Lahaie, Aaron Schmidt, Toshiyuki Miura, Ivna Desouza, Faina Ryvkin, Cynthia A Derdeyn, Susan Allen, Eric Hunter, Joseph Mulenga, Paul A Goepfert, Bruce D Walker, Todd M Allen

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1: Partners AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital-East, CNY 6625, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.

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