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A critical proteolytic cleavage site near the C terminus of the yeast retrotransposon Ty1 Gag protein.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 1996
Merkulov G V, Swiderek K M, Brachmann C B, Boeke J D
Abstract excerpt
Cleavage of the Gag and Gag-Pol polyprotein precursors is a critical step in proliferation of retroviruses and retroelements. The Ty1 retroelement of Saccharomyces cerevisiae forms virus-like particles (VLPs) made of the Gag protein. Ty1 Gag is not obviously homologous to the Gag proteins of retroviruses. The apparent molecular mass of Gag is reduced from 58 to 54 kDa during particle maturation. Antibodies raised...
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