Demonstration: HIV Virus Architecture

This demonstration uses Chimera 1.6 session file hiv-session.py. Data files hiv-drug-nov2011.zip.

Electron Tomography of HIV Virus

Space Navigator

HIV Core

Choose "core" models in Model Panel and use "Show Only" button.

HIV Protein Arrangment

Optional demo segment.

Atomic Model of Capsid Hexamer

Show full core model, zoom in on hexamer, then show only hexamer.

Drugs

Use Model Panel to show two drug models.

HIV Genome

Optional demo segment.

Show core models. Use side view near clip plane to cut wide end of particle. Show RNA model. Show nucleocapsid model.