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The Host Cell Metabolite Inositol Hexakisphosphate Promotes Efficient Endogenous HIV-1 Reverse Transcription by Stabilizing the Viral Capsid.
mBio - 1 Dec 2020
Jennings Jordan, Shi Jiong, Varadarajan Janani, Jamieson Parker J, Aiken Christopher
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A defining activity of retroviruses is reverse transcription, the process by which the viral genomic RNA is converted into the double-stranded DNA required for virus replication. Reverse transcriptase (RT), the viral enzyme responsible for this process, was identified in 1970 by assaying permeabilized retrovirus particles for DNA synthesis in vitro Such reactions are inefficient, with only a small fraction of...
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