The structural biology of HIV assembly

BK Ganser-Pornillos, M Yeager… - Current opinion in …, 2008 - Elsevier
HIV assembly and replication proceed through the formation of morphologically distinct
immature and mature viral capsids that are organized by the Gag polyprotein (immature) …

HIV Gag polyprotein: processing and early viral particle assembly

NM Bell, AML Lever - Trends in microbiology, 2013 - cell.com
Over the past several decades, extensive research into the Gag polyprotein, the main
structural protein of HIV-1 and all other retroviruses, has changed the way that we describe …

Exosomes and HIV Gag bud from endosome-like domains of the T cell plasma membrane

AM Booth, Y Fang, JK Fallon, JM Yang… - The Journal of cell …, 2006 - rupress.org
Exosomes are secreted, single membrane organelles of∼ 100 nm diameter. Their
biogenesis is typically thought to occur in a two-step process involving (1) outward vesicle …

Structural basis for targeting HIV-1 Gag proteins to the plasma membrane for virus assembly

JS Saad, J Miller, J Tai, A Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
During the late phase of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) replication, newly synthesized retroviral Gag
proteins are targeted to the plasma membrane of most hematopoietic cell types, where they …

Higher-order oligomerization targets plasma membrane proteins and HIV gag to exosomes

Y Fang, N Wu, X Gan, W Yan, JC Morrell… - PLoS biology, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Exosomes are secreted organelles that have the same topology as the cell and bud outward
(outward is defined as away from the cytoplasm) from endosome membranes or endosome …

Basics of the virology of HIV-1 and its replication

S Sierra, B Kupfer, R Kaiser - Journal of clinical virology, 2005 - Elsevier
Human immunodeficiency virus is undoubtedly the causative agent of AIDS. The
understanding of HIV-1 pathogenesis is essentiell to develop and maintain antiretroviral …

Visualization of retroviral replication in living cells reveals budding into multivesicular bodies

NM Sherer, MJ Lehmann, LF Jimenez‐Soto… - Traffic, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Retroviral assembly and budding is driven by the Gag polyprotein and requires the host‐
derived vacuolar protein sorting (vps) machinery. With the exception of human …

Entropic switch regulates myristate exposure in the HIV-1 matrix protein

C Tang, E Loeliger, P Luncsford… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
The myristoylated matrix protein (myr-MA) of HIV functions as a regulator of intracellular
localization, targeting the Gag precursor polyprotein to lipid rafts in the plasma membrane …

Electron cryotomography of immature HIV‐1 virions reveals the structure of the CA and SP1 Gag shells

ER Wright, JB Schooler, HJ Ding, C Kieffer… - The EMBO …, 2007 - embopress.org
The major structural elements of retroviruses are contained in a single polyprotein, Gag,
which in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) comprises the MA, CA, spacer …

Capture and transfer of HIV-1 particles by mature dendritic cells converges with the exosome-dissemination pathway

N Izquierdo-Useros, M Naranjo-Gómez… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
Exosomes are secreted cellular vesicles that can be internalized by dendritic cells (DCs),
contributing to antigen-specific naive CD4+ T-cell activation. Here, we demonstrate that …