Possible roles of HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein in the specificity of proviral DNA synthesis and in its variability

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 250-260

  Lapadat Tapolsky, Mary ^a   Gabus, Caroline ^a   Rau, Michaël ^a   Darlix, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Nucleocapsid protein; Specific proviral DNA synthesis; Variability

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031547959     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0978     Document Type: Article

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