In vitro protease cleavage and computer simulations reveal the HIV-1 capsid maturation pathway

Autor: Jiying Ning, Gonca Erdemci-Tandogan, Ernest L. Yufenyuy, Jef Wagner, Benjamin A. Himes, Gongpu Zhao, Christopher Aiken, Roya Zandi, Peijun Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13689
Popis: Two competing models—disassembly/reassembly and displacive—have been proposed for how immature spherical HIV virions transform into mature particles with conical cores. Here the authors provide evidence that both disassembly/reassembly and displacive processes occur sequentially during the maturation process.
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