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Effects of mutations in the G tract of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 polypurine tract on virus replication and RNase H cleavage.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2004
Julias John G, McWilliams Mary Jane, Sarafianos Stefan G, Alvord W Gregory, Arnold Eddy, Hughes Stephen H
Abstract excerpt
The RNase H cleavages that generate and remove the polypurine tract (PPT) primer during retroviral reverse transcription must be specific in order to create a linear viral DNA that is suitable for integration. Lentiviruses contain a highly conserved sequence consisting of six guanine residues at the 3' end of the PPT (hereafter referred to as the G tract). We introduced mutations into the G tract of a human...
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