Maturation-induced cloaking of neutralization epitopes on HIV-1 particles.

To become infectious, HIV-1 particles undergo a maturation process involving proteolytic cleavage of the Gag and Gag-Pol polyproteins. Immature particles contain a highly stable spherical Gag lattice and are impaired for fusion with target cells. The fusion impairment is relieved by truncation of th...

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Main Authors: Amanda S Joyner, Jordan R Willis, James E Crowe, Christopher Aiken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3169560?pdf=render