Published in AIDS Weekly, February 5th, 2007
Study 1: Investigators publish new data in the report "Conformational flexibility and strand arrangements of the membrane-associated HIV fusion peptide trimer probed by solid-state NMR spectroscopy." According to a study from the United States, "The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) fusion peptide (HFP) is the N-terminal apolar region of the HIV gp41 fusion protein and interacts with target cell membranes and promotes membrane fusion. The free peptide catalyzes vesicle fusion at least to the lipid mixing stage and serves as a useful model fusion system."
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2007-02-05)
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