Binding properties of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 nucleocapsid protein p7 to a model RNA: Elucidation of the structural determinants for function

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-75

  Urbaneja, María A ^a,b   Kane, Bradley P ^a   Johnson, Donald G ^a   Gorelick, Robert J ^a   Henderson, Louis E ^a   Casas Finet, José R ^a  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

HIV 1 nucleocapsid protein; NCp7 structural determinants; RNA binding; Thermodynamics of nucleic acid binding; Zinc fingers

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033583086     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2521     Document Type: Article

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