Physical properties of the HIV-1 capsid from all-atom molecular dynamics simulations

Juan R. Perilla; Klaus Schulten

doi:10.1038/ncomms15959

Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Physical properties of the HIV-1 capsid from all-atom molecular dynamics simulations

Juan R. Perilla,
Klaus Schulten

Affiliations

Juan R. Perilla: Department of Physics and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Klaus Schulten: Department of Physics and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15959
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The large and complex HIV-1 capsid modulates several molecular events during HIV-1’s infective cycle. Here the authors use all-atom molecular dynamic simulations to probe the biophysical properties of the genome-free HIV-1 capsid.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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