MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Early HIV-1 maturation drives Env clustering and fusion competence
Irene Carlón-Andrés, Victoria Garcia-Giner, David J. Williamson…·Sergi Padilla‐Parra
This study shows that early HIV-1 maturation steps, specifically partial Gag cleavage, promote Env clustering and fusion competence by reorganizing the membrane-proximal lattice.