Probing dynamics of HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein/target hexanucleotide complexes by 2-aminopurine

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 885-896

  Avilov, S V ^a,b   Piemont, E ^a   Shvadchak, V ^a   de Rocquigny, H ^a   Mely Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b PALLADIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; ADENINE; ALANINE; CHAPERONE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; LEUCINE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHENYLALANINE; THYMINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; STEADY STATE;

2-AMINOPURINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAG GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HIV-1; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA, VIRAL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 39449116929     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1109     Document Type: Article

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