Case Study: The Genetics of Resistance to HIV Infection

The Difference between
M-tropic and T-tropic HIV

The previous experiment showed that cells from EU individuals are not infected by M-tropic HIV-1 strains, but they are infected by T-tropic strains. So what’s the difference between M-tropic and T-tropic HIV strains?

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Differences between M-tropic and T-tropic HIV


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