Estimating the fitness cost of escape from HLA presentation in HIV-1 protease and reverse transcriptase.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) is, like most pathogens, under selective pressure to escape the immune system of its host. In particular, HIV-1 can avoid recognition by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) by altering the binding affinity of viral peptides to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules,...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012
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