A long terminal repeat-containing retrotransposon of Schizosaccharomyces pombe expresses a Gag-like protein that assembles into virus-like particles which mediate reverse transcription

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5451-5463

  Teysset, Laure ^b   Dang, Van Dinh ^c   Kim, Min Kyung ^a   Levin, Henry L ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Ceres Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAG PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE DELETION; HYDROPHILICITY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RETROPOSON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS PARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROELEMENTS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRION;

EID: 0344511764     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.9.5451-5463.2003     Document Type: Article

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