Blocking premature reverse transcription fails to rescue the HIV-1 nucleocapsid-mutant replication defect

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The nucleocapsid (NC) protein of HIV-1 is critical for viral replication. Mutational analyses have demonstrated its involvement in viral assembly, genome packaging, budding, maturation, reverse transcription, and integration. We prev...

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Main Authors: Gorelick Robert J, Shatzer Teresa L, Thomas James A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:Retrovirology
Online Access:http://www.retrovirology.com/content/8/1/46