Many questions have been posed about acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
pathogenesis. Is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) both necessary and sufficient to …

The lentivirus human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS by interacting with a large
number of different cells in the body and escaping the host immune response against it. HIV …

This viewpoint proposes that an imbalance in the Tul-type and TH2-type responses
contributes to the immune dysregulation associated wiib HIV infection, and that resistance to …

Interaction with the CD4 receptor enhances the exposure on the human immunodeficiency
type 1 gp120 exterior envelope glycoprotein of conserved, conformation-dependent …

A monoclonal antibody (MCI20. 6) which inhibited measles virus (MV) binding to host cells
was previously used to characterize a 57-to 67-kDa cell surface glycoprotein as a potential …

Recently, immunization techniques in which DNA constructs are introduced directly into
mammalian tissue in vivo have been developed. In theory, gene inoculation should result in …

Human rhinoviruses are one of the major causes of the common cold. They, like other
picornaviruses, are icosahedral assemblies of 60 protomers that envelope a single, positive …

A single-chain antibody, derived from a human monoclonal antibody that recognizes the
CD4 binding region of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope protein …

Furin is a membrane-associated calcium-dependent serine endoprotease that cleaves
proproteins on the carboxyl side of the consensus sequence-Arg-X-Lys/Arg-Arg-. Using site …

The initial steps in virus infection involve the binding of virions to specific cell surface
receptors. Following the attachment of enveloped viruses, further events lead to membrane …