Talk:HIV structure and genome

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[edit] History of this article

This material was moved and reorganized from HIV#HIV structure and genome, which now contains a brief summary of the subject. See the history of HIV for changes prior to the move. ←Hob 00:09, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Proposals for further reorganization

1. Currently, the major proteins that make up HIV are described briefly in the Structure section and then again in the subsections for individual genes. References to the proteins are linked to the genes that code for them. I think is confusing since it's not immediately apparent why clicking on "gp120" goes to "env" - and really, most of the information is about the proteins, not the genes. I suggest instead having subsections for each protein, and converting the list of genes into a simple bullet list that says things like "env: codes for the envelope proteins gp120 and gp41".
2. The "genetic variability" section is currently redundant between this article and HIV. Either it should be removed from this article and replaced with a brief "see" link, or the section in the main article should be replaced with a summary and link. ←Hob 00:09, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

This should be under the main article, not here. Specific mutations in proteins could be discussed in this section though. --Bob 00:27, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

OK, that's what I thought. Do you have an opinion on the first point? ←Hob 02:42, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

What you said makes sense --Bob 16:56, 1 November 2005 (UTC)