Functional roles of carboxylate residues comprising the DNA polymerase active site triad of Ty3 reverse transcriptase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 171-181

  Bibillo, Arkadiusz ^a   Lener, Daniela ^a   Klarmann, George J ^a   Le Grice, Stuart F J ^a  

^a HIV Drug Resistance Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DNA POLYMERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MANGANESE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE TY3, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASPARTIC ACID; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; KINETICS; MANGANESE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; RETROELEMENTS; RIBONUCLEASE H, CALF THYMUS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 13744256975     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki150     Document Type: Article

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