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ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2016

Molecular Architecture of the Retroviral Capsid.

Juan R Perilla, Angela M Gronenborn

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Mechanistic insights into lenacapavir-induced off-pathway HIV-1 capsid assembly.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  19. Physics of viral dynamics.Nature reviews. Physics · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Juan R PerillaBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Angela M GronenbornDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. Electronic address: amg100@pitt.edu.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

X-Ray Core P50GM082251 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CALERO, GUILLERMO ALBERTO · 2007 to 2018
$48.1M
System-Level Simulation of a Bioenergetic MembraneR01GM067887 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI TAJKHORSHID, EMAD · 2003 to 2018
$4.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM082251NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067887
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retroviral capsid cores are proteinaceous containers that self-assemble to encase the viral genome and a handful of proteins that promote infection. Their function is to protect and aid in the delivery of viral genes to the nucleus of the host, and, in many cases, infection pathways are influenced by capsid-cellular interactions. From a mathematical perspective, capsid cores are polyhedral cages and, as such, follow well-defined geometric rules. However, marked morphological differences in shapes exist, depending on virus type. Given the specific roles of capsid in the viral life cycle, the availability of detailed molecular structures, particularly at assembly interfaces, opens novel avenues for targeted drug development against these pathogens. Here, we summarize recent advances in the structure and understanding of retroviral capsid, with particular emphasis on assemblies and the capsid cores.

Indexed as

Binding SitesCapsidCapsid ProteinsCrystallography, X-RayHIV-1Leukemia Virus, BovineModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalProtein Conformation, beta-StrandProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, TertiaryRous sarcoma virusVirionVirus AssemblyCapsid Proteins

Identifiers

PMID27039020
PMCPMC4879823
OpenAlexW2324183217

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