Uncoupling human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gag and pol reading frames: Role of the transframe protein p6* in viral replication

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 7210-7220

  Leiherer, Andreas ^a   Ludwig, Christine ^a   Wagner, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; POLYPROTEIN; PROTEIN P6; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; GAG GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 67650439285     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02603-08     Document Type: Article

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