Structural Requirements for Nucleocapsid Protein-mediated Dimerization of Avian Leukosis Virus RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 372, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1082-1096

  Ali, Moez Ben ^a   Chaminade, Françoise ^a   Kanevsky, Igor ^a   Ennifar, Eric ^b   Josset, Laurence ^a   Ficheux, Damien ^c   Darlix, Jean Luc ^d   Fossé, Philippe ^a  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

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

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

alpharetroviruses; dimerization; nucleocapsid protein; packaging; RNA

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; PROTEIN NCP12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AVIAN LEUKOSIS ONCOVIRUS; DIMERIZATION; IN VITRO SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; THERMOSTABILITY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS;

EID: 34548431022     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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