RNA incorporation is critical for retroviral particle integrity after cell membrane assembly of Gag complexes

Journal of Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 11853-11865

  Wang, Shainn Wei ^a   Aldovini, Anna ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RETROVIRUS; RNA BINDING; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HIV-1; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0036889123     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.23.11853-11865.2002     Document Type: Article

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