Altered error specificity of RNase H-deficient HIV-1 reverse transcriptases during DNA-dependent DNA synthesis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4601-4612

  Álvarez, Mar ^a   Barrioluengo, Verónica ^a   Afonso Lehmann, Raquel N ^a   Menéndez Arias, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LACZ ALPHA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE H, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 84877259799     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt109     Document Type: Article

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