Of that number, 36 had been previously identified. Those proteins include such long-known and well-studied proteins as the CD4 and CCR5 receptors that HIV uses to attach to a cell's surface.

HIV USES the CCR5 as a co-receptor (in addition to CD4 receptors) to latch on to and ultimately destroy immune system cells.

AIM: to construct the recombinant adenoviral vector carrying antisense RNA to chemokine receptors CCR5 and CXCR4 and to obtain recombinant adenovirus, which will be used to resist HIV 1 infection.