A Tyrosine-Rich Region in the N Terminus of CCR5 Is Important for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Entry and Mediates an Association between gp120 and CCR5
Farzan M, Choe H, Vaca L, Martin K, Sun Y, Desjardins E, Ruffing N, Wu L, Wyatt R, Gerard N, Gerard C, Sodroski J. A Tyrosine-Rich Region in the N Terminus of CCR5 Is Important for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Entry and Mediates an Association between gp120 and CCR5. Journal Of Virology 1998, 72: 1160-1164. PMID: 9445013, PMCID: PMC124591, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.2.1160-1164.1998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 infectionHIV-1CCR5 mutantsHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) entryHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1Immunodeficiency virus type 1Virus entryDual-tropic variantsSpecific chemokine receptorsChemokine receptor CCR5Macrophage-tropic strainsVirus type 1Region of CCR5Wild-type CCR5Gp120 envelope glycoproteinInfection of cellsMacrophage-tropicAsymptomatic stageChemokine receptorsReceptor CCR5Gp120 glycoproteinCCR5Type 1InfectionEnvelope glycoprotein