Mature and immature HIV viral particles (IMAGE)

KTH, Royal Institute of Technology

Mature and immature HIV viral particles

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Individual HIV viral particles appear in two images recorded at low and high resolution using specially-engineered fluorescent proteins. They appear virtually indistinguishable, but by analyzing the direction of the emitted fluorescence, it is now possible to measure the molecules’ rotation and tell which ones are mature and which ones are not. (Photo: Ilaria Testa)

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Ilaria Testa

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