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The process, which we refer to as fusion in reverse, involves the binding and activation of cellular Env proteins to fuse membranes with lentiviruses carrying CD4 and CXCR4 proteins. We have found that infection via fusion in reverse depends on cell surface Env levels, is inhibitable by an HIV-1-specific fusion inhibitor, and preferentially requires lentiviral pseudotyping with a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored CD4 variant and a cytoplasmic tail-truncated CXCR4 protein. We have demonstrated that latently HIV-1-infected cells can be specifically infected using this mechanism, and that activation of latently infected cells increases infection efficiency. The fusion in reverse approach allowed us to characterize how alteration of CD4 plus CXCR4 lipid membranes affected Env protein activities. In particular, we found that perturbation of membrane cholesterol levels did not affect Env activity. 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