A single amino acid substitution in a segment of the CA protein within Gag that has similarity to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 blocks infectivity of a human endogenous retrovirus K provirus in the human genome

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1105-1114

  Heslin, David J ^a   Murcia, Pablo ^b   Arnaud, Frederick ^b   Van Doorslaer, Koenraad ^a   Palmarini, Massimo ^b   Lenz, Jack ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; VIRUS PARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; GENE ORDER; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROVIRUSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS K; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PRIMATE LENTIVIRUS GROUP;

EID: 58149502605     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01439-08     Document Type: Article

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