Prefusion structure of trimeric HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein determined by cryo-electron microscopy

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1352-1357

  Bartesaghi, Alberto ^a   Merk, Alan ^a   Borgnia, Mario J ^a   Milne, Jacqueline L S ^a   Subramaniam, Sriram ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84890196626     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2711     Document Type: Article

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