Single-molecule FRET studies of important intermediates in the nucleocapsid-protein-chaperoned minus-strand transfer step in HIV-1 reverse transcription

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3470-3479

  Liu, Hsiao Wei ^a   Cosa, Gonzalo ^a,c   Landes, Christy F ^a   Zeng, Yining ^a   Kovaleski, Brandie J ^b   Mullen, Daniel G ^b   Barany, George ^b   Musier Forsyth, Karin ^b   Barbara, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID IMMOBILIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 27744552000     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.065326     Document Type: Article

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