The distribution of CTL epitopes in HIV-1 appears to be random, and similar to that of other proteomes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>HIV-1 viruses are highly capable of mutating their proteins to escape the presentation of CTL epitopes in their current host. Upon transmission to another host, some escape mutations revert, but other remain stable in the virus seque...

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Main Authors: Keşmir Can, Schmid Boris V, de Boer Rob J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-08-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/184