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Syncytium Formation

Syncytium Formation is a virological phenomenon characterized by the fusion of infected host cells with adjacent cells, mediated by viral envelope proteins, resulting in multinucleated cellular aggregates that facilitate direct cell-to-cell viral spread and immune evasion.

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Isolation of a Novel Coronavirus from a Man with Pneumonia in Saudi Arabia

Ali M. Zaki, Sander van Boheemen, Theo M. Bestebroer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2012 · 6K citations · Full text

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A Dual-Tropic Primary HIV-1 Isolate That Uses Fusin and the β-Chemokine Receptors CKR-5, CKR-3, and CKR-2b as Fusion Cofactors

Benjamin J. Doranz, Joseph Rucker, Yanjie Yi et al. · Cell · 1996 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Human monoclonal antibody 2G12 defines a distinctive neutralization epitope on the gp120 glycoprotein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1

Alexandra Trkola, Martin Purtscher, Thomas Muster et al. · Journal of Virology · 1996 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Rational Design of Peptide-Based HIV Proteinase Inhibitors

Noel A. Roberts, Joseph A. Martin, Derek Kinchington et al. · Science · 1990 · 925 citations

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Role of the HTLV-III/LAV envelope in syncytium formation and cytopathicity

Joseph Sodroski, Wei Chun Goh, C A Rosen et al. · Nature · 1986 · 800 citations

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    Joseph Sodroski

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States

    20 publications · 4.3K citations

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    Erik De Clercq

    Rega Institute for Medical Research, Belgium

    20 publications · 1.4K citations

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    Dominique Schols

    Rega Institute for Medical Research, Belgium

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

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    Roy Duncan

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    18 publications · 847 citations

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    Richard W. Compans

    Emory University, United States

    13 publications · 517 citations

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  1. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    29 h-index

    129 publications

    9.7K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    27 h-index

    152 publications

    14.7K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    27 h-index

    113 publications

    19.8K citations

  4. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

    Bethesda, United States

    25 h-index

    93 publications

    6.4K citations

  5. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, United States

    23 h-index

    115 publications

    19.6K citations

  6. National Cancer Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    21 h-index

    65 publications

    6.1K citations

  7. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    20 h-index

    82 publications

    22.7K citations

  8. Inserm

    Paris, France

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    82 publications

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  1. Journal of Virology

    JVI · 317 publications · 24.3K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 45 publications · 6.5K citations

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  3. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

    67 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. Journal of General Virology

    48 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 48 publications · 2.3K citations

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