HIV glycans in infection and immunity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pantophlet, Ralph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Virology.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.

Glycosylation is a common and extremely important modification in biological molecules, particularly of proteins. HIV Glycans in Infection and Immunity provides an overview of the roles of glycans in the transmission/infection, antigenicity, and immunogenicity of HIV and the HIV envelope glycoprotei...

Table of Contents:

• Role of HIV glycans in virus transmission
• Antigenicity of HIV glycans in vivo and in vitro
• HIV glycans as immunogens.