A different viral envelope protein (Env), usually from VSV - G due to
wide infectivity, is often used as a substitute for HIV - 1 Env, which can only infect CD4 + cells.
Not exact matches
Lentiviral particles with the VSV - G envelope have high
infectivity in a
wide range of cell types, so they're ideal for work with primary cells or other difficult - to - transfect cells.
The newly identified site can be attacked by human antibodies in a way that neutralizes the
infectivity of a
wide variety of HIV strains.
The serum from a small set of the samples indeed turned out to block the
infectivity, in test cells, of a
wide range of HIV isolates, suggesting the presence of broadly neutralizing antibodies.