Actin-dependent receptor colocalization required for human immunodeficiency virus entry into host cells

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S Iyengar1, J E Hildreth, D H Schwartz

  • 1Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

Journal of Virology
|May 30, 1998
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