Effects of mutations in the polymerase domain on the polymerase, RNase H and strand transfer activities of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 559-572

  Gao, Hong Qiang ^a   Boyer, Paul L ^a   Arnold, Edward ^b   Hughes, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Mutation; Polypurine tract; Reverse transcriptase; RNase H

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032478535     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1624     Document Type: Article

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