Basic Research in HIV vaccinology is hampered by reductionist thinking

This review describes the structure-based reverse vaccinology approach aimed at developing vaccine immunogens capable of inducing antibodies that broadly neutralize HIV-1. Some basic principles of protein immunochemistry are reviewed and the implications of the extensive polyspecificity of antibodie...

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Main Author: Marc H V Van Regenmortel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00194/full