Biophysical and enzymatic properties of the simian and prototype foamy virus reverse transcriptases

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The foamy virus Pol protein is translated independently from Gag using a separate mRNA. Thus, in contrast to <it>orthoretroviruses </it>no Gag-Pol precursor protein is synthesized. Only the integrase domain is cleaved off...

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Main Authors: Wöhrl Birgitta M, Rethwilm Axel, Mayr Florian, Hartl Maximilian J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:Retrovirology
Online Access:http://www.retrovirology.com/content/7/1/5