Cryo-electron tomographic structure of an immunodeficiency virus envelope complex in situ.

The envelope glycoprotein (Env) complexes of the human and simian immunodeficiency viruses (HIV and SIV, respectively) mediate viral entry and are a target for neutralizing antibodies. The receptor binding surfaces of Env are in large part sterically occluded or conformationally masked prior to rece...

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Main Authors: Giulia Zanetti, John A G Briggs, Kay Grünewald, Quentin J Sattentau, Stephen D Fuller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1557830?pdf=render