Possible roles of nucleocapsid protein of MoMuLV in the specificity of proviral DNA synthesis and in the genetic variability of the virus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-225

  Rascle, Jean Baptiste ^a   Ficheux, Damien ^b   Darlix, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

Author keywords

MoMuLv; Nucleocapsid protein; Retrovirus; Reverse transcription; Specific proviral DNA synthesis

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS; VIRION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032503934     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1873     Document Type: Article

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