Specific interactions between HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein and the TAR element

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 348, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1059-1077

  Kanevsky, Igor ^a   Chaminade, Françoise ^a   Ficheux, Damien ^b   Moumen, Abdeladim ^c   Gorelick, Robert ^d   Negroni, Matteo ^c   Darlix, Jean Luc ^e   Fossé, Philippe ^a  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

cDNA strand transfer; HIV 1; Nucleocapsid protein; RNA; TAR

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 18044365239     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.03.046     Document Type: Article

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