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Answer by timeskull for How does HIV assemble its capsid correctly?
How capsids self-assemble isn't fully known for any virus, but it's been studied a lot and there are a number of principles we can apply. First, HIV isn't as unique as you assume. 30 is a fairly large...
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HIV’s capsid is very unusual. The capsid is made of around 1200 identical CA proteins (p24). These CA proteins first assemble into either pentamers or hexamers, which assemble into a fullerene like...
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