Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06639-8 Published online 22 November 2023

In the version of the article initially published, reference 11 included a preprint title and DOI, and has now been amended to reflect the published article (Li, W. et al. HIV-1 Env trimers asymmetrically engage CD4 receptors in membranes. Nature 623, 1026–1033 (2023)) in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.