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Record 1 1996-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

High-resolution electron microscopy has shown the HIV virion to be roughly spherical and about one-thousandth of a millimeter across. Its outer coat, or envelope, consists of a double layer of lipid molecules similar to and taken from the membranes surrounding human cells. This bilayer is studded with proteins, including some of human origin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

L'enveloppe de la particule virale HIV est constituée d'une bicouche lipidique (membrane), recouverte sur sa surface externe par des «pédoncules». Chacun de ces «pédoncules» comprend lui-même deux glycoprotéines (protéines «sucrées») : l'une d'elles est externe (gp120), tandis que l'autre traverse la membrane (gp41).

Spanish

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