Nucleic acid conformational changes essential for HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein-mediated inhibition of self-priming in minus-strand transfer

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Hong, Minh K ^a   Harbron, Elizabeth J ^b   O'Connor, Donald B ^b   Guo, Jianhui ^c   Barbara, Paul F ^b   Levin, Judith G ^c   Musier Forsyth, Karin ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaperone activity; FRET; Nucleocapsid protein; Self priming; TAR

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0037260333     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01177-4     Document Type: Article

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