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To the Editor: The caption to the transmission electron microphotograph of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that shows HIV-1 budding from a cell (Jan. 26 issue)¹ states that during the budding process, "The membrane proteins of the cell are left behind when the virus buds off." We have recently shown that cellular proteins (HLA class I and class II proteins) are incorporated into the intact virus.² In fact, the concentrations of these cellular proteins may be even higher than those of the viral-envelope glycoproteins. Orentas and Hildreth,³ using solid-phase capture techniques, have identified several other virus-associated cellular proteins, including CD71, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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