72 research outputs found
Retroviral matrix and lipids, the intimate interaction
Retroviruses are enveloped viruses that assemble on the inner leaflet of cellular membranes. Improving biophysical techniques has recently unveiled many molecular aspects of the interaction between the retroviral structural protein Gag and the cellular membrane lipids. This interaction is driven by the N-terminal matrix domain of the protein, which probably undergoes important structural modifications during this process, and could induce membrane lipid distribution changes as well. This review aims at describing the molecular events occurring during MA-membrane interaction, and pointing out their consequences in terms of viral assembly. The striking conservation of the matrix membrane binding mode among retroviruses indicates that this particular step is most probably a relevant target for antiviral research
Effects of Different Factors on Water Flow and Solute Transport Investigated by Time Domain Reflectometry in Sandy Clay Loam Field Soil
Immune recognition of salivary proteins from the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus differs according to the genotype of the bovine host
Simulation of shoot chloride accumulation: separation of physical and biochemical processes governing plant salt tolerance
Effect of root temperature on plant response functions for tomato: comparison of static and dynamic salinity stress indices
The effects of elevated carbon dioxide on static and dynamic indices for tomato salt tolerance
Assessing the affect of solar radiation on plant salt tolerance as defined by the static and dynamic indices
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