Pre-fusion HIV Spike (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Pre-fusion HIV Spike

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This schematic depiction of the protein structure of the pre-fusion HIV spike as viewed from above shows the three gp41 molecules in blue and the three gp120 molecules in red.

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