Electron Microscopes Give New View of HIV Env Protein (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Electron Microscopes Give New View of HIV Env Protein

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New techniques in electron microscope reveal new information about viruses, for example on the location of the variable V2 loop of HIV Env protein (red). This could give new insight into designing HIV vaccines.

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R. Holland Cheng, UC Davis

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