Identification of host factors required for Ty1 transposition in yeast.

• Main Author: Thirumaran Thanabalu.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Research Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Virology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14225
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Ty1 is a retrotransposon with a life cycle similar to that of retroviruses such as HIV (Human immunodeficiency Virus). HIV host cells are not very amenable to genetic analysis, crucial for the identification of host factors essential for the life cycle of HIV. Thus we have used Saccharomyces cerevis...