The mature reverse transcriptase molecules in virions of mouse mammary tumor virus possess protease-derived sequences

Virology

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 157-162

  Entin Meer, Michal ^a   Avidan, Orna ^a   Hizi, Amnon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Frameshifting; Mouse mammary tumor virus; Protease; Reverse transcriptase; Transframe proteins

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINYLASPARTYLISOLEUCYLLYSYLVALYLARGINYLLEUCYLMETHIONYLTHREONYLASPARTYLS ERYLPROLYLASPARTYLASPARTYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLASPARTYLLEUCINE; CYSTEINYLPHENYLALANYLVALYLISOLEUCYLLYSYLLYSYLLYSYLSERYLGLYCYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHY LARGINYLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLUTAMINYLASPARTYLLEUCYLARGINYLALANINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENZYME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; RABBIT;

MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; TUMOR VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRION;

EID: 0038205533     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6822(03)00113-2     Document Type: Article

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