Yeast Ty retrotransposons assemble into virus-like particles whose T-numbers depend on the C-terminal length of the capsid protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-73

  Al Khayat, Hind A ^a   Bhella, David ^a   Kenney, John M ^a   Roth, Jeanne Françoise ^b   Kingsman, Alan J ^b,c   Martin Rendon, Enca ^b,c   Saibil, Helen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BIOMEDICA UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Icosahedral 3D reconstruction; Ty retrotransposon; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS PARTICLE; YEAST;

EID: 0033543555     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3055     Document Type: Article

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