Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpr localization: Nuclear transport of a viral protein modulated by a putative amphipathic helical structure and its relevance to biological activity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-30

  Subbramanian, Ramu A ^a   Yao, Xiao Jian ^a   Dilhuydy, Hugo ^b   Rougeau, Nicole ^a   Bergeron, Dominique ^a   Robitaille, Yves ^a,b   Cohen, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell cycle arrest; HIV 1 Vpr; Infection of non dividing cells; Nuclear localization; Virion incorporation

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VPR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIRION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032562646     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1685     Document Type: Article

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