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Basic residues in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 nucleocapsid promote virion assembly via interaction with RNA.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2000
Cimarelli A, Sandin S, Höglund S, Luban J
Abstract excerpt
Retroviral Gag polyproteins drive virion assembly by polymerizing to form a spherical shell that lines the inner membrane of nascent virions. Deletion of the nucleocapsid (NC) domain of the Gag polyprotein disrupts assembly, presumably because NC is required for polymerization. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 NC possesses two zinc finger motifs that are required for specific recognition and packaging of viral...
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