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Role of capsid sequence and immature nucleocapsid proteins p9 and p15 in Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 genomic RNA dimerization.
Virology - 1 Mar 2009
Kafaie Jafar, Dolatshahi Marjan, Ajamian Lara, Song Rujun, Mouland Andrew J, Rouiller Isabelle, Laughrea Michael
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 genomic RNA (gRNA) dimerization is important for viral infectivity and is regulated by proteolytic processing of the Gag precursor protein (Pr55gag) under the direction of the viral protease. The processing occurs in successive steps and, to date, the step associated with formation of a wild-type (WT) level of gRNA dimers has not been identified. The primary cleavage divides Pr55gag into two proteins. The...
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