Fusion cofactors

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Singh A, Besson G, Mobasher A, Collman RG. Patterns of chemokine receptor fusion cofactor utilization by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variants from the lungs and blood. J Virol 1999 73(8) 6680-6690. 

Liao, F., Alkhatib, G Peden, K. W Sharma, G., Berger, E. A., and Farber, I. M. (1997) STRL33, A novel chemokine receptor-like protein, functions as a fusion cofactor for both macrophage-tropic and T cell line-tropic HIV-1. J. Exp. Med. 185,2015-2023. 

Mahfoud R, Mylvaganam M, Lingwood CA, Fantini J. A novel soluble analog of the HIV-1 fusion cofactor, globotriaosyl- 211. ceramide(Gb3), eliminates the cholesterol requirement for high affinity gpl20/Gb3 interaction. J. Lipid Res. 2002 43 1670-1679. 

Alkhatib, G., Broder, C. C., and Berger, E. A. (1996) Cell type-specific fusion cofactors determine human immunodeficiency virus type 1 tropism for T-cell lines versus primary macrophages. J. Virol 70, 5487-5494. 

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