De novo and DNA primer-mediated initiation of cDNA synthesis by the mauriceville retroplasmid reverse transcriptase involve recognition of a 3' CCA sequence

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 311-332

  Chen, Bing ^a   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurospora crassa; Retrotransposon; Retrovirus; RNA polymerase; RNA dependent; tRNA like structure

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE;

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0031583473     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1185     Document Type: Article

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