gp120
noun
: a glycoprotein protruding from the outer surface of the HIV virion that has a molecular weight of 120 and must bind to a CD4 receptor on a T cell bearing such receptors before infection of the cell can occur
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After all, the virus cannot infect a cell without gp120 attaching itself to the CD4 signaling protein, and the immune system can and does make antibodies against individual gp120 molecules.
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Scientific American, 12 May 2020
Scientific American, 12 May 2020
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gp120
noun
: a glycoprotein that protrudes from the outer surface of the HIV virion, that has a molecular weight of 120, and that must bind to a CD4 receptor on a T cell bearing such receptors before infection of the cell can occur
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