Closing two doors of viral entry: Intramolecular combination of a coreceptor- and fusion inhibitor of HIV-1

<p>Abstract</p> <p>We describe a novel strategy in which two inhibitors of HIV viral entry were incorporated into a single molecule. This bifunctional fusion inhibitor consists of an antibody blocking the binding of HIV to its co-receptor CCR5, and a covalently linked peptide which...

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Main Authors: Cammack Nick, Fischer Stephan, Zhang Jun, Rao Eileen, Ji Changhua, Jekle Andreas, Kopetzki Erhard, Sankuratri Surya, Heilek Gabrielle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-05-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/5/1/56