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Virion stiffness regulates immature HIV-1 entry
10 Jan 2013
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BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) undergoes a protease-mediated maturation process that is required for its infectivity. Little is known about how the physical properties of viral particles change during maturation and how these changes affect the viral lifecycle. Using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), we previously discovered that HIV undergoes a "stiffness switch", a dramatic reduction in...
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