Figure 5: Average electron density of MA and Gag lattices perpendicular to the membrane.
From: Maturation of the HIV-1 core by a non-diffusional phase transition
The MA layer of both structures (two leftmost arrows) is positioned ~4.5 nm from the inner leaflet of the membrane (5.5–6.3 nm from the centre of the membrane). The rightmost arrow points to the low-density region between N-terminal domain and the C-terminal domains of the immature CA layer in the Gag lattice. (b,c) The areas selected for the calculation of the density profiles of the MA and Gag are marked with red and dotted blue lines, respectively. Both panels are at the same scales, scale bar, 50 nm.
