Research Article

Ultrastructural characterization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Gag-containing particles assembled in a recombinant adenovirus vector system

Journal of General Virology 1991; 72(6):1243 · https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-72-6-1243

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Abstract

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Gag protein was expressed in A549 cells infected with recombinant adenovirus types 4 and 7, each carrying the HIV-1 gag and pro genes. The Gag protein was assembled into enveloped virus-like particles that budded from plasma and vacuolar membranes. The particles, isolated by precipitation and isopycnic density centrifugation, contained both processed and unprocessed Gag-associated proteins.