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Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases 3/2014

Open Access 01-05-2014 | ePoster presentation

Longer sequence insertions in p6 gag play a role in immune escape in HIV-1 subtype C

Authors: Shilpee Sharma, GA Shambhu Prasad, Ravi Vijaya Satya, Viswanath Ragupathy, Shanmugam Saravanan, Kailapuri G Murugavel, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Suniti Solomon, Indira Hewlett, Udaykumar Ranga

Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Special Issue 3/2014

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HIV-1 is capable of evading the CTL immune response by introducing mutations in residues both within the epitopes and in sequences flanking the epitopes. The present study aims at identifying the mechanisms of CTL immune escape primarily in the asymptomatic phase of HIV-1 subtype C in drug naive patients from an Indian clinical cohort. …
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Title
Longer sequence insertions in p6 gag play a role in immune escape in HIV-1 subtype C
Authors
Shilpee Sharma
GA Shambhu Prasad
Ravi Vijaya Satya
Viswanath Ragupathy
Shanmugam Saravanan
Kailapuri G Murugavel
Pachamuthu Balakrishnan
Suniti Solomon
Indira Hewlett
Udaykumar Ranga
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases / Issue Special Issue 3/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-S3-E7

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