Chimeric HIV-1 and feline immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptases: Critical role of the p51 subunit in the structural integrity of heterodimeric lentiviral DNA polymerases

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 757-765

  Amacker, Mario ^a   Hübscher, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AZT; FIV; HIV 1; Nevirapine; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA; ZIDOVUDINE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LENTIVIRINAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LENTIVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032525275     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1739     Document Type: Article

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