Mesh term HIV Protease
Browse to parent terms:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases
pol Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Description
Enzyme of the human immunodeficiency virus that is required for post-translational cleavage of gag and gag-pol precursor polyproteins into functional products needed for viral assembly. HIV protease is an aspartic protease encoded by the amino terminus of the pol gene.Search for this term in our Faculty Database
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