Rab27a-null Cells Block HIV-1 Assembly (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University Press

Rab27a-null Cells Block HIV-1 Assembly (1 of 2)

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Compared with a control T cell (left), loss of Rab27a (right) blocks the delivery of late endosomes (red) to the plasma membrane, inhibiting the recruitment of Gag (green) to HIV-1 assembly sites.

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Pereyra Gerber et al., 2015

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