| Literature DB >> 23616664 |
Ralf Spannaus1, Anna Schneider, Maximilian J Hartl, Birgitta M Wöhrl, Jochen Bodem.
Abstract
In contrast to orthoretroviruses, processing of foamy viral p71 Gag is limited to a single cleavage site. Nevertheless, Gag maturation is essential for infectivity, but deletion of p3 results in a modest drop in infectivity. Here, we show that Gag processing of p71 to p68 and p3 is essential for full-length cDNA synthesis, while inactivation of Gag cleavage results in cDNAs containing only the RU5 region; cDNAs encompassing the U3 region were almost undetectable.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23616664 PMCID: PMC3700290 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00833-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103