Characterization of reverse transcriptase activity of the L1Tc retroelement from Trypanosoma cruzi

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2692-2701

  Garcia Perez J L ^a,c   Gonzalez C I ^a,c   Thomas, M C ^b   Olivares, M ^a,d   Lopez M C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^d Puleva Biotech   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activity; LINE; Mutagenesis; Reverse transcriptase; Substrates; Template switching

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RETROPOSON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0347361465     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3342-y     Document Type: Article

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