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HIV-1 maturation inhibitor bevirimat stabilizes the immature Gag lattice.
Journal of virology - 1 Feb 2011
Keller Paul W, Adamson Catherine S, Heymann J Bernard, Freed Eric O, Steven Alasdair C
Abstract excerpt
Maturation of nascent virions, a key step in retroviral replication, involves cleavage of the Gag polyprotein by the viral protease into its matrix (MA), capsid (CA), and nucleocapsid (NC) components and their subsequent reorganization. Bevirimat (BVM) defines a new class of antiviral drugs termed maturation inhibitors. BVM acts by blocking the final cleavage event in Gag processing, the separation of CA from its...
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