Article
A simple Escherichia coli system for monitoring HIV protease activity: analysis of two temperature-sensitive protease mutants.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Apr 1990
Rockenbach S K, Olsen M K, Tomich C S
Abstract excerpt
A simple Escherichia coli system has been developed for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease activity. In this system, the protease sequence is placed downstream of the HIV gag polypeptide in an operon arrangement. Upon expression of the operon, gag serves as the substrate for the protease; the level of protease activity can be determined by measurement of the cleavage product of gag in...
Topics
- Endopeptidases
- Escherichia coli
- Gene Products, gag
- Gene Products, pol
- Genetic Vectors
- HIV Protease
- Mutation
- Operon
- Temperature
