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  • Hu, Q. Y., Fink, E., Grant, C. K., Elder, J. H. Selective interaction of heparin with the variable region 3 within surface glycoprotein of laboratory-adapted feline immunodeficiency virus PLoS One  2014 9:e115252  DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0115252  PMID:25521480  PMCID:PMC4270745
  • Hu, Q. Y., Fink, E., Hong, Y., Wang, C., Grant, C. K., Elder, J. H. Fine definition of the CXCR4-binding region on the V3 loop of feline immunodeficiency virus surface glycoprotein PLoS One  2010 5:e10689  DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0010689  PMID:20502526  PMCID:PMC2872658
  • Elder, J. H., Lin, Y. C., Fink, E., Grant, C. K. Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) as a model for study of lentivirus infections: parallels with HIV Current HIV Research  2010 8:73-80  DOI:10.2174/157016210790416389  PMID:20210782  PMCID:PMC2853889
  • Grant, C. K., Fink, E. A., Sundstrom, M., Torbett, B. E., Elder, J. H. Improved health and survival of FIV-infected cats is associated with the presence of autoantibodies to the primary receptor, CD134 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  2009 106:19980-19985  DOI:10.1073/pnas.0911307106  PMID:19901342  PMCID:PMC2775039
  • Sundstrom, M., White, R. L., de Parseval, A., Sastry, K. J., Morris, G., Grant, C. K., Elder, J. H. Mapping of the cxcr4 binding site within variable region 3 of the feline immunodeficiency virus surface glycoprotein Journal of Virology  2008 82:9134-9142  DOI:10.1128/jvi.00394-08  PMID:18596086  PMCID:PMC2546885
  • Elder, J. H., Sundstrom, M., de Rozieres, S., de Parseval, A., Grant, C. K., Lin, Y. C. Molecular mechanisms of fiv infection Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology  2008 123:3-13  DOI:10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.01.007  PMID:18289701  PMCID:PMC2409060
  • de Parseval, A., Grant, C. K., Sastry, K. J., Elder, J. H. Sequential cd134-cxcr4 interactions in feline immunodeficiency virus (fiv): Soluble cd134 activates fiv env for cxcr4-dependent entry and reveals a cryptic neutralization epitope Journal of Virology  2006 80:3088-3091  DOI:10.1128/jvi.80.6.3088-3091.2006  PMID:16501119
  • Chatterji, U., Grant, C. K., Elder, J. H. Feline immunodeficiency virus vif localizes to the nucleus Journal of Virology  2000 74:2533-2540  DOI:10.1128/jvi.74.6.2533-2540.2000  PMID:10684267
  • Lerner, D. L., Grant, C. K., de Parseval, A., Elder, J. H. Fiv infection of il-2-dependent and -independent feline lymphocyte lines: Host cells range distinctions and specific cytokine upregulation Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology  1998 65:277-297  DOI:10.1016/s0165-2427(98)00162-7  PMID:9839880
  • Li, J. Z., Brown, W. C., Song, W. R., Carpino, M. R., Wolf, A. M., Grant, C. K., Elder, J. H., Collisson, E. W. Retroviral vector-transduced cells expressing the core polyprotein induce feline immunodeficiency virus-specific cytotoxic t-lymphocytes from infected cats Virus Research  1995 38:93-109  DOI:10.1016/0168-1702(95)00050-z  PMID:8578869
  • Song, W. R., Collisson, E. W., Li, J. Z., Wolf, A. M., Elder, J. H., Grant, C. K., Brown, W. C. Feline immunodeficiency virus (fiv)-specific cytotoxic t-lymphocytes from chronically infected cats are induced in-vitro by retroviral vector-transduced feline t-cells expressing the fiv capsid protein Virology  1995 209:390-399  DOI:10.1006/viro.1995.1271  PMID:7778274
  • Nicolaisenstrouss, K., Kumar, H. P. M., Fitting, T., Grant, C. K., Elder, J. H. Natural feline leukemia-virus variant escapes neutralization by a monoclonal-antibody via an amino-acid change outside the antibody-binding epitope Journal of Virology  1987 61:3410-3415  PMID:2444714  PMCID:PMC255936
  • Elder, J. H., McGee, J. S., Munson, M., Houghten, R. A., Kloetzer, W., Bittle, J. L., Grant, C. K. Localization of neutralizing regions of the envelope gene of feline leukemia virus by using anti-synthetic peptide antibodies Journal of Virology  1987 61:8-15  PMID:2431166  PMCID:PMC255188