A study by chemists at the University of Chicago has uncovered a new key step in the process HIV uses to replicate itself. The study, published in Science Advances, used computer modeling to focus on how HIV forms a capsule that carries its genetic material—particularly the role of a particular ion known as IP6. Scientists had previously...
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Tiny ion is crucial for HIV replication, say chemists
by Louise Lerner, University of Chicago A new study shows how a handful of ions are crucial to the process by which HIV replicates. On the left is a simulation of a normal capsule; on the right is a simulation of a capsule formed without the IP6 ions. Without the ions, the capsule cannot close...