Characterization of a leucine-zipper-like domain in Vpr protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1

Gene

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 7-13

  Wang, Lilin ^a   Mukherjee, Sampa ^a   Narayan, Opendra ^a   Zhao, Ling Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutational analysis; Protein protein interaction; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VPR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0030608382     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00312-5     Document Type: Article

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