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A and adjusting for differences based on sex, we no longer see this correlation. In addition, in this study, HCV coinfection is not associated with loss of elite controller status. Taken together, this suggests that HCV coinfection does not directly affect HIV replication dynamics or natural history, but that it may act synergistically with HIV to produce a greater number of associated complicatio

Coproteins [1]. Binding of gp120 to the receptor, CD4, on the target cell surface induces major conformational changes in the envelope glycoproteins [2]. These changes allow gp120 to bind the viral coreceptor, either CXCR4 or CCR5 [3?]. CD4 binding also induces the formation of a gp41 pre-hairpin intermediate, in which three hydrophobic grooves on the surface of a coiled coil formed by the heptad

Coproteins [1]. Binding of gp120 to the receptor, CD4, on the target cell surface induces major conformational changes in the envelope glycoproteins [2]. These changes allow gp120 to bind the viral coreceptor, either CXCR4 or CCR5 [3?]. CD4 binding also induces the formation of a gp41 pre-hairpin intermediate, in which three hydrophobic grooves on the surface of a coiled coil formed by the heptad