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Minimal core domain of HIV-1 integrase for biological activity.
Molecules and cells - 29 Feb 2000
Kim D J, Lee S K, Oh Y T, Shin C G
Abstract excerpt
The human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) integrase (IN) mediates insertion of viral DNA into human DNA, which is an essential step in the viral life cycle. In order to study minimal core domain in HIV-1 IN protein, we constructed nine deletion mutants by using PCR amplification. The constructs were expressed in Escherichia coli, and the proteins were subsequently purified and analyzed in terms of...
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