Selected Publications

  • The life cycle of feline immunodeficiency virus.
    Silvia A. González, José L. Affranchino
    Virology (2025) 601:110304. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2024.110304.

  • The assembly-defective phenotype of an FIV Gag polyprotein containing the SIV nucleocapsid zinc finger motifs is reversed by including the SIV SP2 domain in the chimeric protein.
    Silvia A. González, José L. Affranchino
    Virology (2024) 597:110163. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2024.110163.

  • The impact of mutations affecting highly conserved amino acids in the simian immunodeficiency virus nucleocapsid protein on virion assembly, genomic RNA packaging and viral infectivity.
    Silvia A. González, José L. Affranchino
    Virology (2023) 578,163-170.

  • In vitro inhibitory effect of maraviroc on the association of the simian immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoprotein with CCR5
    Ignacio Giraudy, César A. Ovejero, José L. Affranchino, Silvia A. González
    Virus Genes (2021) 57, 106-110.

  • The conserved Tyr176/Leu177 motif in the α-helix 9 of the feline immunodeficiency virus capsid protein Is critical for Gag particle assembly
    César A. Ovejero, Silvia A. González, José L. Affranchino
    Viruses (2019) 11, 816.

  • Properties and functions of feline immunodeficiency virus Gag domains in virion assembly and budding
    Silvia A. González, José L. Affranchino
    Viruses (2018) 10, 261.

  • Analysis of the functional compatibility of SIV capsid sequences in the context of the FIV Gag precursor
    César A. Ovejero, José L. Affranchino, Silvia A. González
    PLoS One (2017) 12, e0177297.

  • Processing, fusogenicity, virion incorporation and CXCR4-binding activity of a feline immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoprotein lacking the two conserved N-glycosylation sites at the C-terminus of the V3 domain
    Silvia A. González, José L. Affranchino
    Archives of Virology (2016) 161, 1761-1768.

  • Lentiviral Gag assembly analyzed through the functional characterization of chimeric simian immunodeficiency viruses expressing different domains of the feline immunodeficiency virus capsid protein
    María J. Esteva, José L. Affranchino, Silvia A. González
    PLoS One (2014) 9, e114299.

  • Structural elements in the Gag polyprotein of feline immunodeficiency virus involved in Gag self-association and assembly
    Juan C. Abdusetir Cerfoglio, Silvia A. González, José L. Affranchino
    Journal of General Virology (2014) 95, 2050-2059.

  • Replacement of the V3 domain in the surface subunit of the feline immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoprotein with the equivalent region of a T cell-tropic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 results in a chimeric surface protein that efficiently binds to CXCR4
    Silvia A. González, Juan I. Falcón, José L. Affranchino
    AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses (2014) 30, 250-259.

  • Understanding the process of envelope glycoprotein incorporation into virions in simian and feline immunodeficiency viruses
    José L. Affranchino, Silvia A. González
    Viruses (2014) 6, 264-283.