Three-dimensional structure of the HTLV-II matrix protein and comparative analysis of matrix proteins from the different classes of pathogenic human retroviruses.
Christensen, A.M., Massiah, M.A., Turner, B.G., Sundquist, W.I., Summers, M.F.(1996) J Mol Biol 264: 1117-1131
- PubMed: 9000634 
- DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0700
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1JVR - PubMed Abstract: 
The matrix protein performs similar roles in all retroviruses, initially directing membrane localization of the assembling viral particle and subsequently forming a stable structural shell associated with the inner surface of the mature viral membrane. Although conserved structural elements are likely to perform these functions in all retroviral matrix proteins, invariant motifs are not evident at the primary sequence level and three-dimensional structures have been available for only the primate lentiviral matrix proteins ...