Encapsidation of APOBEC3G into HIV-1 virions involves lipid raft association and does not correlate with APOBEC3G oligomerization

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The cellular cytidine deaminase APOBEC3G (A3G), when incorporated into the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), renders viral particles non-infectious. We previously observed that mutation of a single cysteine residue of A3G...

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Main Authors: Walker Robert C, Miyagi Eri, Kao Sandra, Goila-Gaur Ritu, Khan Mohammad A, Strebel Klaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-11-01
Series:Retrovirology
Online Access:http://www.retrovirology.com/content/6/1/99