mBio (Apr 2021)

Cytoplasmic CPSF6 Regulates HIV-1 Capsid Trafficking and Infection in a Cyclophilin A-Dependent Manner

  • Zhou Zhong,
  • Jiying Ning,
  • Emerson A. Boggs,
  • Sooin Jang,
  • Callen Wallace,
  • Cheryl Telmer,
  • Marcel P. Bruchez,
  • Jinwoo Ahn,
  • Alan N. Engelman,
  • Peijun Zhang,
  • Simon C. Watkins,
  • Zandrea Ambrose

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03142-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2

Abstract

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HIV is the causative agent of AIDS, which has no cure. The protein shell that encases the viral genome, the capsid, is critical for HIV replication in cells at multiple steps.