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Selection of fully processed HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein is required for optimal nucleic acid chaperone activity in reverse transcription.
Virus research - 26 Nov 2014
Wu Tiyun, Gorelick Robert J, Levin Judith G
Abstract excerpt
The mature HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein (NCp7) is generated by sequential proteolytic cleavage of precursor proteins containing additional C-terminal peptides: NCp15 (NCp7-spacer peptide 2 (SP2)-p6); and NCp9 (NCp7-SP2). Here, we compare the nucleic acid chaperone activities of the three proteins, using reconstituted systems that model the annealing and elongation steps in tRNA(Lys3)-primed (-) strong-stop DNA...
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