A conserved LXXLF sequence is the major determinant in p6gag required for the incorporation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpr

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 159-164

  Kondo, Eisaku ^a   Göttlinger, Heinrich G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRION; VIRUS GENE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; GENE PRODUCTS, VPR; HIV-1; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0029655927     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.1.159-164.1996     Document Type: Article

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