Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 nucleocapsid protein-induced structural changes in transactivation response DNA hairpin measured by single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 12164-12171

  Darugar, Qusai ^a   Kim, Hannah ^a   Gorelick, Robert J ^b   Landes, Christy ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSACTIVATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 57349131064     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01158-08     Document Type: Article

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