Mapping of nucleocapsid residues important for HIV-1 genomic RNA dimerization and packaging

Virology

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 592-610

  Kafaie, Jafar ^a,b   Song, Rujun ^a,b   Abrahamyan, Levon ^a   Mouland, Andrew J ^a,b   Laughrea, Michael ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Linker; Nucleocapsid protein; RNA dimerization; RNA packaging; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; GAG PROTEIN; GENOMIC RNA; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 2;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LENTIVIRINAE; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HELA CELLS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOCAPSID; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; ZINC FINGERS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 43249104955     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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