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Murine leukemia virus nucleocapsid mutant particles lacking viral RNA encapsidate ribosomes.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2002
Muriaux Delphine, Mirro Jane, Nagashima Kunio, Harvin Demetria, Rein Alan
Abstract excerpt
A single retroviral protein, termed Gag, is sufficient for assembly of retrovirus-like particles in mammalian cells. Gag normally selects the genomic RNA of the virus with high specificity; the nucleocapsid (NC) domain of Gag plays a crucial role in this selection process. However, encapsidation of the viral RNA is completely unnecessary for particle assembly. We previously showed that mutant murine leukemia...
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