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A second-site suppressor significantly improves the defective phenotype imposed by mutation of an aromatic residue in the N-terminal domain of the HIV-1 capsid protein.
Virology - 1 Mar 2007
Tang Shixing, Ablan Sherimay, Dueck Megan, Ayala-López Wilfredo, Soto Brenda, Caplan Margaret, Nagashima Kunio, Hewlett Indira K, Freed Eric O, Levin Judith G
Abstract excerpt
The HIV-1 capsid (CA) protein plays an important role in virus assembly and infectivity. Previously, we showed that Ala substitutions in the N-terminal residues Trp23 and Phe40 cause a severely defective phenotype. In searching for mutations at these positions that result in a non-lethal phenotype, we identified one candidate, W23F. Mutant virions contained aberrant cores, but unlike W23A, also displayed some...
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