Nature Communications (May 2018)

Tracking HIV-1 recombination to resolve its contribution to HIV-1 evolution in natural infection

  • Hongshuo Song,
  • Elena E. Giorgi,
  • Vitaly V. Ganusov,
  • Fangping Cai,
  • Gayathri Athreya,
  • Hyejin Yoon,
  • Oana Carja,
  • Bhavna Hora,
  • Peter Hraber,
  • Ethan Romero-Severson,
  • Chunlai Jiang,
  • Xiaojun Li,
  • Shuyi Wang,
  • Hui Li,
  • Jesus F. Salazar-Gonzalez,
  • Maria G. Salazar,
  • Nilu Goonetilleke,
  • Brandon F. Keele,
  • David C. Montefiori,
  • Myron S. Cohen,
  • George M. Shaw,
  • Beatrice H. Hahn,
  • Andrew J. McMichael,
  • Barton F. Haynes,
  • Bette Korber,
  • Tanmoy Bhattacharya,
  • Feng Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04217-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Recombination contributes to HIV evolution in patients, but its identification can be difficult. Here, the authors develop a computational tool called RAPR to track recombination in patients, identify recombination hot spots, and show contribution of recombination to antibody escape.