HIV Infection: Fresh Insights
For the first time EMBL Heidelberg and at the Zentrum für Infektiologie at Heidelberg University Hospital scientists have succeeded in imaging HIV during transport into the nucleus of an infected cell.
The electron tomographic images show the protein envelope of the virus passing through one of the nuclear pores - the openings in the membrane around the nucleus that allow molecules in and out.
This clarifies an important mechanism by which the virus s genetic material is integrated into the genome of the infected cell.
‘The scientists found that the HIV virus passes through the nuclear pore intact, only breaking apart inside the nucleus, where it releases its genetic information.’
Researchers use high-resolution imaging to observe HIV infection process in the cell nucleus
Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg and at the Zentrum für Infektiologie at Heidelberg University Hospital have succeeded for the first time in imaging HIV during transport into the nucleus of an infected cell.
The electron tomographic images show the protein envelope of the virus passing through one of the nuclear pores - the openings in the membrane around the nucleus that allow molecules in and out. The scientists found that the virus passes through the nuclear pore intact, only breaking apart inside the nucleus, where it releases its genetic information. This clarifies an important mechanism by which the virus s genetic material is integrated into the genome of the infected cell.
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Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg and at the Zentrum für Infektiologie at Heidelberg University Hospital have succeeded for the first time in imaging HIV during transport into the nucleus of an infected cell. The electron tomographic images show the protein envelope of the virus passing through one of the nuclear pores - the openings in the membrane around the nucleus that allow molecules in and out. The scientists found that the virus passes through the nuclear pore intact, only breaking apart inside the nucleus, where it releases its genetic information. This clarifies an important mechanism by which the virus s genetic material is integrated into the genome of the infected cell.
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EMBL scientists identify human proteins hijacked by coronavirus, offering potential drug targets EMBL scientists used a biophysical method called thermal proteome profiling (TPP) to gain a comprehensive overview of which human proteins are functionally altered at different times during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Credit: Holly Joynes/EMBL
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