8Discussion: In this view maturation destabilizes the virus core, facilitating its dissociation in the newly infected cell and perhaps facilitating
reverse transcription of the genome."" The transdominant effects of cell activation, HSP90AB1 expression, and increased temperature independently rescued the
CA-mutant viruses, and further analysis of the
Result: The
N139A mutation in
CA displays a normal WT-like stable core and normal core numbers per virion with no discernable defects in assembly, maturation, or viral RNA packaging, yet this mutation impairs
HIV infectivity.