The Molecules of HIV
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3DHIV
About the author
Actin
All the molecules
Alters host cell gene expression
Amprenavir
Angstrom
Antisense oligonucleotides
APOBEC3G
Assembly, budding, and maturation
autocatalysis
AZT
B lymphocytes
Beta2-microglobulin
Bibliography
Binding
Boost the immune response
Can cause tumours
Capsid protein
CCR5
CD4 cell surface protein
CD8 cell surface protein
CD147
Cellular proteins are incorporated into HIV particles
Combivir
Comments about this site
Coreceptors
CXCR4 and CXCR5
Cyclophilin A
cytokines
cytotoxic T cell
d4T
ddC
ddI
delta32
Dementia
Diketo acids
discovery of HIV
DNA
ELISA
Enfuvirtide
Entice the immune system to recognise HIV
env
For beginners
Fusidic acid
Fusin
gag
gag-pol
Glycosylation
gp41
gp120
HAART
Helper T cell
HIV and saliva
HIV can activate a cancer-causing gene
HIV cannot survive outside the body
HIV changes to avoid detection
HIV genome
HIV infection without progressing on to AIDS
HIV lies low
HIV life-cycle
HIV suppresses its own production
HIV transmission
HIV virus particle
HIV-1 and HIV-2
HLA and HIV progression
Human Leukocyte Antigen
Immunoglobulin
Immunomodulation
Induce a protective mutation
inner core
Integrase protein
Integration into the host genome
Interleukin-2
Interleukin-4
Interleukin-5
Interleukin-6
Interleukin-8
Interleukin-10
Interleukin-16
Kaletra
Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus
Kills host T cells
Kills other cells
kiloDalton
lamivudine
Lopinavir
LTR binding sites
LTR
Lymphocytes
Lymphokine
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Matrix protein
membrane fusion
Membrane fusion
Monoclonal antibodies
nef
neopterin
Nevirapine
NNRTI
p6
p9
Peptide T
perforin
Phagocyte
pol
Preintegration complex
prevent HIV passing from one person to another
Primer Binding Site
production of new viral RNA and proteins
Protease
protein naming
provirus
R5 and X4
retrovirus
rev
Reverse transcriptase
Reverse transcription
RNA interference
RNAse H
sCD4
Seroconversion
Steps of reverse transcription
Stop the virus causing the disease
subtypes of HIV
Sulphated polysaccharides
superinfection
syncytia
T Cell Receptor
T cells
TAR RNA decoy
TAR
Tat toxoid
TATA box
tat
Tenofovir
Tests of HIV progression
The human immune system
The Molecules of HIV - A Hypertextbook
Throw a molecule at it
Using bacteria to prevent HIV transmission
vif
viral membrane
vpr
vpu
vpx
Ways to stop HIV
Western blot
Why HIV is bad for cells
zinc finger
Written by
Dan Stowell
(©2002-2006)