Assembly and budding of a virus from a membrane microdomain

Assembly and Budding of a Virus from a Membrane Microdomain - Viruses have an outer protein shell (called a capsid) that surrounds the viral nucleic acid. Enveloped viruses, such as HIV, have an additional layer comprising a lipid bilayer membrane surrounding the capsid. For some enveloped viruses, the protein capsid assembles on the lipid membrane, driving deformation and eventually budding of the enveloped capsid. This video shows an animation of a computer-simulation trajectory...