The structure of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase complexed with an RNA pseudoknot inhibitor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 4535-4542

  Jaeger, Joachim ^a   Restle, Tobias ^a,b   Steitz, Thomas A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; HIV 1; Reverse transcriptase; RNA pseudoknot

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; RNA;

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

EID: 0032480010     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.15.4535     Document Type: Article

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