Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Treatment of micro-organisms or enzymes with electrical or... – Modification of viruses
Patent
1994-01-03
1997-10-07
Smith, Lynette F.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Treatment of micro-organisms or enzymes with electrical or...
Modification of viruses
435 691, 530350, 530395, 4242081, 4242041, 4241881, C12N 1300, C12P 2106, C07K 100, A61K 3921
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ABSTRACT:
The present invention defines a biological role for the following sequence of amino acids that is found in the nucleocapsid domain of the gag precursor polyproteins of all replication-competent retroviruses:
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Arthur Larry O.
Gorelick Robert J.
Henderson Louis E.
Oroszlan Stephen
Rein Alan
Smith Lynette F.
United States of America
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