Properties of strand displacement synthesis by Moloney murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase: Mechanistic implications

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 559-577

  Whiting, Samuel H ^a   Champoux, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Moloney murine leukemia virus; Retrovirus; Reverse transcriptase; Reverse transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLONEY LEUKEMIA ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; MURINAE; ONCOVIRINAE; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0032496398     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1720     Document Type: Article

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