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Wesley I Sundquist1, Christopher P Hill.
Abstract
Retroviral capsids are composed of hexagonal arrays of the viral CA protein. In this issue of Cell, Ganser-Pornillos et al. (2007) provide a molecular model of the hexagonal HIV-1 CA lattice obtained from a new electron cryomicroscopic reconstruction. This study reveals the three principal stabilizing interfaces in the capsid lattice and explains how two different classes of inhibitors can block capsid assembly.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17923081 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.09.028
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582