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Efficient Particle Production by Minimal Gag Constructs Which Retain the Carboxy-Terminal Domain of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Capsid-p2 and a Late Assembly Domain
15 Jun 2000
Abstract excerpt
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Gag precursor Pr55(gag) by itself is capable of assembling into retrovirus-like particles (VLP). In the present study, we attempted to identify the minimal Gag sequences required for the formation of VLP. Our results show that about 80% of Pr55(gag) can be either deleted or replaced by heterologous sequences without significantly compromising VLP production. The...
