A Novel High-Throughput Screening Assay to Identify Inhibitors of HIV-1 gp120 Protein Interaction with DC-SIGN

Thuong H. Tran¹, Rasha El Baz¹, Andrea Cuconati², James Arthos³, Pooja Jain¹ and Zafar K. Khan^1*

¹Drexel Institute for Biotechnology and Virology Research, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA, E-mail: zkhan@drexelmed.edu

²Institute for Hepatitis and Virus Research, The Hepatitis B Foundation, Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center, Doylestown, PA 18902, USA, E-mail: zkhan@drexelmed.edu

³Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease, Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD 20892, USA, E-mail: zkhan@drexelmed.edu

^*Corresponding Author: Zafar K. Khan, PhD, Drexel Institute for Biotechnology & Virology Research, and Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 3805 Old Easton Road, Doylestown, PA 18902, USA, Tel: 215.991.8256, Fax: 215-489-4920 Email: