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Characterization of a putative alpha-helix across the capsid-SP1 boundary that is critical for the multimerization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gag.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2002
Liang Chen, Hu Jing, Russell Rodney S, Roldan Ariel, Kleiman Lawrence, Wainberg Mark A
Abstract excerpt
A 14-amino-acid spacer peptide termed SP1 that separates the capsid (CA) and nucleocapsid (NC) sequences plays an active role in the assembly of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. This activity of SP1 involves its amino-terminal residues that, together with adjacent CA residues, constitute a putative alpha-helical structure spanning Gag residues from positions 359 to 371. In this study, we have determined that...
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