Table 2.

HIV-1 constructs used in this study

^a Name of the virus based on the status of the Gag epitope and modification of Nef, respectively: x, epitope mutated to nonrecognized variant; i, amino acids inserted to create epitope; r, amino acid substitution to create epitope; WT, unaltered WT HIV-1 Gag or Nef protein sequence; M20A, methionine-to-alanine substitution at amino acid position 20 of Nef.

^b Kinetics of transcription for the parent protein (Late, Gag; Early, Nef).

^c HLA-I downregulation (Downreg.) function of Nef variant.