HIV Escapes from Macrophages (IMAGE)

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HIV Escapes from Macrophages

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A JCB study identifies a motor protein that ferries HIV to the plasma membrane along microtubules, helping the virus escape from macrophages. In these images of a macrophage, the distribution of virus-containing compartments (green) where HIV assembles changes after microtubules (red) are disrupted (right).

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Gaudin, R., et al., 2012. <em>J. Cell Biol.</em> doi:10.1083/jcb.201201144

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