Atomic-level modelling of the HIV capsid.
Pornillos, O., Ganser-Pornillos, B.K., Yeager, M.(2011) Nature 469: 424-427
- PubMed: 21248851 
- DOI: 10.1038/nature09640
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3P05, 3P0A - PubMed Abstract: 
The mature capsids of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and other retroviruses are fullerene shells, composed of the viral CA protein, that enclose the viral genome and facilitate its delivery into new host cells. Retroviral CA proteins contain independently folded amino (N)- and carboxy (C)-terminal domains (NTD and CTD) that are connected by a flexible linker ...