A dual role of the putative RNA dimerization initiation site of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in genomic RNA packaging and proviral DNA synthesis

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 8348-8354

  Paillart, Jean Christophe ^a   Berthoux, Lionel ^b   Ottmann, Michèle ^b   Darlix, Jean Luc ^b   Marquet, Roland ^a   Ehresmann, Bernard ^a   Ehresmann, Chantal ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENOME; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIRION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

EID: 0029861557     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.12.8348-8354.1996     Document Type: Article

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