Domain structure and three-dimensional model of a group II intron-encoded reverse transcriptase

RNA

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-28

  Blocker, Forrest J H ^a   Mohr, Georg ^a   Conlan, Lori H ^b   Qi, Li ^b,c   Belfort, Marlene ^b   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Retrotransposon; Retrovirus; Ribozyme; RNA splicing; RNA protein interaction

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; LTRA PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRON; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; ELECTROSTATICS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HIV-1; HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; INTRONS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 11144250864     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.7181105     Document Type: Article

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