Sentences with phrase «viral plasma membrane»
The viral plasma membrane is mostly co-opted from that of the host cell as newly formed viruses bud from infected cells.
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In a new paper, he and colleagues reveal that host cells sequester viral proteins away from the plasma membrane within the cell, thus preventing viruses from spreading.
These cells showed reduced levels of PIP2 at the plasma membrane and thus failed to recruit Gag to form viral assembly sites.
New HIV - 1 particles assemble at specialized sites in the plasma membrane that are enriched in PIP2, a phospholipid component of the membrane that recruits a viral protein called Pr55Gag (Gag) that directs HIV - 1 assembly.