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Reverse transcriptase and protease activities of avian leukosis virus Gag-Pol fusion proteins expressed in insect cells.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 1993
Stewart L, Vogt V M
Abstract excerpt
Protease (PR)-defective avian leukosis virus particles display 300-fold-reduced levels of reverse transcriptase (RT) activity relative to wild-type particles. This observation suggests that during virion assembly RT is activated by proteolytic maturation of the Gag-Pol polyprotein precursor. To study the relationship between proteolytic cleavage and RT activation, we subjected PR-defective virion cores to...
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