The HIV1 p24 His Tag protein performs complex orchestrated tasks during the assembly， budding maturation and infection stages of the viral replication cycle. Throughout viral assembly， the proteins form membrane associations and self-associations that ultimately result in budding of an immature virion from the infected cell. HIV-1 P24 gag， the key capsid protein of the HIV-1 virion， is used in clinical trials as one of the components of the HIV-1 vaccine because of the great extent of sequence homology between different isolates.
HIV-1 p24 His Tag although stable 4°C for 4 weeks， should be stored desiccated below -18°C. For long term storage it is recommended to add a carrier protein （0.1% HSA or BSA）. Please prevent freeze-thaw cycles.
