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ArticleCell2007

Structure of full-length HIV-1 CA: a model for the mature capsid lattice.

Barbie K Ganser-Pornillos, Anchi Cheng, Mark Yeager

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Article in Cell, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 210 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

210 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mechanisms of HIV-1 assembly, release and maturation.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026
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  4. Transient Occupancy and Pore Dynamics: IP6 Behavior in HIV-1The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2026
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  5. Exploring the Structural Divergence of HIV and SRLV Lentiviral Capsids.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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  13. Interdigitated immunoglobulin arrays form the hyperstable surface layer of the extremophilic bacteriumProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Barbie K Ganser-PornillosThe Scripps Research Institute, Department of Cell Biology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Anchi Cheng
Mark Yeager

Funding

WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGP41RR017573 · NCRR · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI CARRAGHER, BRIDGET OLIVIA · 2002 to 2011
$14.2M
PATHOGENESIS AND IMMUNOLOGY OF DISEASET32AI007244 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI NEMAZEE, DAVID · 1985 to 2022
$8.8M
Structure Analysis of Viral Assembly MechanismsR01GM066087 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI YEAGER, MARK JAY · 2003 to 2014
$4.4M
NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR017573NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR17573NIAID NIH HHS T32-AI07244NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066087
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The capsids of mature retroviruses perform the essential function of organizing the viral genome for efficient replication. These capsids are modeled as fullerene structures composed of closed hexameric arrays of the viral CA protein, but a high-resolution structure of the lattice has remained elusive. A three-dimensional map of two-dimensional crystals of the R18L mutant of HIV-1 CA was derived by electron cryocrystallography. The docking of high-resolution domain structures into the map yielded the first unambiguous model for full-length HIV-1 CA. Three important protein-protein assembly interfaces are required for capsid formation. Each CA hexamer is composed of an inner ring of six N-terminal domains and an outer ring of C-terminal domains that form dimeric linkers connecting neighboring hexamers. Interactions between the two domains of CA further stabilize the hexamer and provide a structural explanation for the mechanism of action of known HIV-1 assembly inhibitors.

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Protein Structure, QuaternaryCapsidCapsid ProteinsCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayHIV-1HumansModels, MolecularCapsid Proteins

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