Publication Date:
2015-01-10
Description:
Article Current models of HIV maturation involve the diffusion of the cleaved capsid protein into the viral core. Here, Frank et al . use cryo-electron tomography to characterize HIV assembly intermediates, and propose a novel maturation mechanism involving a non-diffusional phase transition. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms6854 Authors: Gabriel A. Frank, Kedar Narayan, Julian W. Bess Jr, Gregory Q. Del Prete, Xiongwu Wu, Amy Moran, Lisa M. Hartnell, Lesley A. Earl, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Sriram Subramaniam
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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