Nucleocapsid Protein Chaperoning of Nucleic Acids at the Heart of HIV Structure, Assembly and cDNA Synthesis
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Jean-Luc Darlix, Marcelo Lopez Lastra, Yves Mély, Bernard Roques. 1 LaboRetro, Unité de Virologie Humaine, INSERM #412 ENS de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France. [email protected]. 2 Biochemistry Department, McIntyre Medical Sciences Bldg., McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, H3G1 Y6, Montreal, Canada. 3 Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et Physicochimie des interactions cellulaires et moléculaires, UMR 7034 du CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Louis Pasteur, 74 route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France. 4 Département de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire et Structurale, INSERM #266, Faculté de Pharmacie, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75270 Paris, France.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002