Standardized and simplified nomenclature for proteins common to all retroviruses

Jonathan Leis, David Baltimore, J. Michael Bishop, John M. Coffin, E Fleissner, Stephen P. Goff, S Oroszlan, Harriet L. Robinson, A M Skalka, Howard M. Temin

Journal of Virology · 1988 · 334 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

We propose a revised standardized nomenclature for the proteins common to all retroviruses on the basis of biological function, enzymatic activity, and/or virion location data. (We do not discuss proteins specific for subfamilies or only some retroviruses.)

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