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Nucleotide modification at the gamma-phosphate leads to the improved fidelity of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Jan 2005
Mulder Brent A, Anaya Steve, Yu Peilin, Lee Keun Woo, Nguyen Anvy, Murphy Jason, Willson Richard, Briggs James M, Gao Xiaolian, Hardin Susan H
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The mechanism by which HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-RT) discriminates between the correct and incorrect nucleotide is not clearly understood. Chemically modified nucleotides containing 1-aminonaphthalene-5-sulfonate (ANS) attached to their gamma-phosphate were synthesized and used to probe nucleotide selection by this error prone polymerase. Primer extension reactions provide direct evidence that the...
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