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Complete nucleotide sequence of the AIDS virus, HTLV-III.

Nature. 1985 Jan 24-30;313(6000):277-84. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE GENBANK/K02010
Ratner L; Haseltine W; Patarca R; Livak KJ; Starcich B; Josephs SF; Doran ER; Rafalski JA; Whitehorn EA; Baumeister K; et al

Abstract: The complete nucleotide sequence of two human T-cell leukaemia type III (HTLV-III) proviral DNAs each have four long open reading frames, the first two corresponding to the gag and pol genes. The fourth open reading frame encodes two functional polypeptides, a large precursor of the major envelope glycoprotein and a smaller protein derived from the 3'-terminus long open reading frame analogous to the long open reading frame (lor) product of HTLV-I and -II.
Keywords: *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/ETIOLOGY Amino Acid Sequence Base Sequence Capsid/GENETICS *DNA, Viral Genes, Viral Human HTLV-BLV Viruses/*GENETICS Peptide Hydrolases/GENETICS Protein Precursors/GENETICS Retroviridae Infections Reverse Transcriptase/GENETICS Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Viral Envelope Proteins/GENETICS Viral Proteins/GENETICS JOURNAL ARTICLE

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