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Biophysical studies of the nucleic acid chaperone properties of the HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein.
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PMID:  21045545     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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The nucleocapsid protein NCp7 of HIV-1 possesses nucleic acid chaperone properties that are thought to be crucial throughout the viral life cycle. These properties promote the rearrangement of nucleic acids into their most thermodynamically stable conformations. These NCp7 properties involve two components, namely nucleic acid destabilization and activation of the annealing of complementary sequences. Biophysical techniques have been found extremely powerful to decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying these two components. We propose here an overview of the recent reports that examine the nucleic acid chaperone properties of NCp7 by these techniques.
Authors:
Julien Godet; Yves Mély
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-11-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  RNA biology     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1555-8584     ISO Abbreviation:  RNA Biol     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-03-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101235328     Medline TA:  RNA Biol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  687-99     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biophotonique et Pharmacologie, UMR 7213 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie; Illkirch, France.
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