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. 1988 May;62(5):1808–1809. doi: 10.1128/jvi.62.5.1808-1809.1988

Standardized and simplified nomenclature for proteins common to all retroviruses.

J Leis 1, D Baltimore 1, J M Bishop 1, J Coffin 1, E Fleissner 1, S P Goff 1, S Oroszlan 1, H Robinson 1, A M Skalka 1, H M Temin 1, et al.
PMCID: PMC253234  PMID: 3357211

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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