Article
Single aromatic residue location alters nucleic acid binding and chaperone function of FIV nucleocapsid protein.
Virus research - 26 Nov 2014
Wu Hao, Wang Wei, Naiyer Nada, Fichtenbaum Eric, Qualley Dominic F, McCauley Micah J, Gorelick Robert J, Rouzina Ioulia, Musier-Forsyth Karin, Williams Mark C
Abstract excerpt
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a retrovirus that infects domestic cats, and is an excellent animal model for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) pathogenesis. The nucleocapsid (NC) protein is critical for replication in both retroviruses. FIV NC has several structural features that differ from HIV-1 NC. While both NC proteins have a single conserved aromatic residue in each of the two zinc...
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