The application of a homologous recombination assay revealed amino acid residues in an LTR-retrotransposon that were critical for integration

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1324-1333

  Atwood, Angela ^a   Choi, Jeannie ^a   Levin, Henry L ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031882748     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.2.1324-1333.1998     Document Type: Article

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