Identifying the coreceptor mediating HIV-1 entry raises new hopes in the treatment of AIDS.
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Dimitrov, D. Fusin – a place for HIV–1 and T4 cells to meet. Nat Med 2, 640–641 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0696-640
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