Abbreviation for viral strains that use CCR5 to enter host cells. X4 Abbreviation for viral strains that use CXCR4 to enter host cells. SDF-α ?Stromal-derived factor-1α?. A CXC chemokine that binds to CXCR4, so can block replication of HIV-1 strains that use this co-receptor. ...
PDZ is an abbreviation using the first letters of three proteins — post synaptic density protein 95 (PSD95),Drosophiladiscs large 1 tumour suppressor (DLG1) and zona occludens 1 (ZO1). These three proteins were the first to be described as sharing a domain that specifies protein–protein as...