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Imaging study shows HIV particles assembling around its genome

November 16th, 2009

The genesis of one the planet’s most lethal viruses, HIV, has been caught on tape. New imaging experiments show individual HIV genomes — strands of RNA — docking on the inner membrane of an infected cell wall as they are ensconced by HIV structural proteins.

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Imaging study shows HIV particles assembling around its genome