Identification of the protease cleavage sites in a reconstituted Gag polyprotein of an HERV-K(HML-2) element

Retrovirology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  George, Maja ^a   Schwecke, Torsten ^a   Beimforde, Nadine ^a   Hohn, Oliver ^a   Chudak, Claudia ^a   Zimmermann, Anja ^a   Kurth, Reinhard ^a   Naumann, Dieter ^a   Bannert, Norbert ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endogenous retrovirus; HERV K(HML 2)Gag processing; Maturation; Retrovirusretroviral protease

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; VIROSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; GENE LOCATION; GROUP SPECIFIC ANTIGEN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATURATION; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETROVIRUS; REVERTANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

MIRIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROSOMES;

EID: 79955686686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-8-30     Document Type: Article

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