S. Nonin-Lecomte

The interaction between NC(p7)1-55 and p6 may regulate interactions with nucleic acids during assembly through modulation of Gag folding

Experimental evidence of a direct protein-protein interaction between p6 and the N-terminal region of NC(p7)1-55 is brought and this suggests that p6 could modulate the recognition of the viral genomic RNA (gRNA) by interacting with NC(p7)1-55 during assembly and be a key player in this process.