The formation of enveloped virus particles requires that key structural components of the virus, and the viral genomic RNA, are brought together at a cellular membrane system where new particles are assembled. The trafficking events, and the subsequent assembly and release of infectious virus particles, is co-coordinated through interactions between the viral structural proteins and cellular proteins. In the present paper, we consider how these events occur during HIV production in macrophages. In these cells, virus assembly appears to occur on a pre-existing specialized plasma membrane domain that is sequestered within the cells. The events that take place at these intracellular assembly sites may endow the virus with unique biochemical characteristics and allow virus release to be co-ordinated through the formation of infectious synapses.
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HIV assembly and budding in macrophages
Mark Marsh;
Mark Marsh
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1Cell Biology Unit, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
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Kristina Theusner;
Kristina Theusner
1Cell Biology Unit, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
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Annegret Pelchen-Matthews
Annegret Pelchen-Matthews
1Cell Biology Unit, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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October 09 2008
Online ISSN: 1470-8752
Print ISSN: 0300-5127
© The Authors Journal compilation © 2009 Biochemical Society
2009
Biochem Soc Trans (2009) 37 (1): 185–189.
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October 09 2008
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Mark Marsh, Kristina Theusner, Annegret Pelchen-Matthews; HIV assembly and budding in macrophages. Biochem Soc Trans 1 February 2009; 37 (1): 185–189. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BST0370185
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