SUNY Albany 1 article published in JoVE 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.