The prion protein has DNA strand transfer properties similar to retroviral nucleocapsid protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 307, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1011-1021

  Gabus, Caroline ^a   Auxilien, Sylvie ^a   Péchoux, Christine ^a   Dormont, Dominique ^b   Swietnicki, Wieslaw ^c   Morillas, Manuel ^c   Surewicz, Witold ^c   Nandi, Pradip ^d   Darlix, Jean Luc ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Nucleocapsid protein; Prion protein; Retrovirus; Strand transfer

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETROVIRUS; SCRAPIE AGENT; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035815107     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4544     Document Type: Article

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