Stabilizing the native trimer of HIV-1 Env by destabilizing the heterodimeric interface of the gp41 postfusion six-helix bundle

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 9590-9604

  Kesavardhana, Sannula ^a   Varadarajan, Raghavan ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; GP120 PROTEIN, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; GP41 PROTEIN, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP41; HIV-1; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84921994770     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00494-14     Document Type: Article

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