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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 196, 期 2, 页码 313-320出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/518935
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- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS51132] Funding Source: Medline
The rapid evolution of human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) envelope represents a major challenge to vaccine and drug development, particularly because the underlying mechanisms are not completely understood. To explore whether distinct patterns of positive selection within the envelope glycoprotein ( gp) 120 exist and are associated with functionally relevant domains, we conducted a long- term survey of sequence evolution in 20 HIV- 1 - infected persons who interrupted antiretroviral therapy. In total, 1753 clonal sequences encompassing the C2- V3- C3 region of gp120 were derived. Strikingly, positively selected amino acids mapped almost exclusively (P=.0003) to externally accessible residues on the gp120 crystal structure. The current understanding of envelope structure and function associates the main determinants of viral entry and the targets for neutralizing antibodies with these exterior regions of gp120, strongly suggesting that the observed adaptive evolution of these sites occurs in response to respective selective forces.
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