SUNY Albany

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Immunology and Infection

Nucleocapsid Annealing-Mediated Electrophoresis (NAME) Assay Allows the Rapid Identification of HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Inhibitors

Alice Sosic¹, Marta Cappellini¹, Matteo Scalabrin², Barbara Gatto¹

¹Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, ²The RNA Institute, SUNY Albany

This protocol describes NAME, an assay that allows the rapid identification of molecules able to inhibit in vitro the chaperone activities of HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein.