Staying straight with A-tracts: A DNA analog of the HIV-1 polypurine tract

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-74

  Coté, Marie L ^a,c   Pflomm, Mark ^a   Georgiadis, Millie M ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

A tract; HIV 1 polypurine tract; Moloney murine leukemia virus; Nucleic acid; Protein DNA complex

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; POLYADENYLIC ACID; PURINE DERIVATIVE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLONEY LEUKEMIA ONCOVIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; MURINAE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, VIRAL; HIV-1; MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLY A; PURINES; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

EID: 0038004737     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00554-0     Document Type: Article

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