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Figure 5

From: Second site escape of a T20-dependent HIV-1 variant by a single amino acid change in the CD4 binding region of the envelope glycoprotein

Figure 5

Cell-cell fusion assay with the G431-mutated Env variants. Assay of wild-type (GIV-SNY) and T20-dependent (GIA-SKY) viruses with position 431 variation as indicated, in the presence (20 ng/ml) and absence of T20. SupT1 cells were transfected with the mutants indicated below the X-axis. One day later, transfected cells were mixed with SupT1 cells containing a Tat-responsive LTR-luciferase reporter gene construct with (20 ng/ml) or without T20. After 24 hours, formation of syncytia was analysed by light microscopy (-, no syncytia; ++++, all cells involved in syncytia) and quantitated by measurement of luciferase activity in cell extracts.

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Retrovirology

ISSN: 1742-4690

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