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Human immunodeficiency virus

Refolding the envelope

HIV has evolved to avoid neutralization by human antibodies. New atomic-level details reveal that such evasion involves substantial refolding of its exterior glycoprotein.

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Figure 1: Molecular tricks of HIV.

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Kwong, P. Refolding the envelope. Nature 433, 815–816 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/433815a

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