A premature termination codon mutation at the C terminus of foamy virus Gag downregulates the levels of spliced pol mRNA

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1656-1664

  Lee, Eun Gyung ^a   Kuppers, Daniel ^a   Horn, Megan ^a   Roy, Jacqueline ^a,b   May, Cynthia ^a   Linial, Maxine L ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b PUGET SOUND BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; ORTHORETROVIRUS; PREMATURE TERMINATION CODON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRUS; RNA SPLICING; SPUMA VIRUS; STOP CODON;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CODON, NONSENSE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; GENE PRODUCTS, POL; HUMANS; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; SPUMAVIRUS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN SPUMARETROVIRUS;

EID: 38849094611     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00990-07     Document Type: Article

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