Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Characteristics of Viral Proteases / Foundling, S. I. / Korant, B. D. -- Retrovirus Gene Products and Their Processing -- Morphogenesis of Retroviruses in the Presence and Absence of Protease Inhibitors / Luftig, R. B. / Bu, M. / Ikuta, K. -- Processing of the Envelope and Core Proteins of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 / Sarngadharan, M. G. / Pal, Ranajit -- Biosynthesis and Biochemical Characteristics of Retroviral Proteases -- Mechanisms of Ribosomal Frameshifting for Synthesis of the Protease in HIV and other Retroviruses and the Possible Use of Hypomodified tRNAs in the Frameshift Event / Hatfield, Dolph L. / Lee, Byeong J. / Feng, Ya-Xiong / Levin, Judith G. / Rein, Alan / Oroszlan, Stephen -- Biochemical characterization of retrovirus protease / Yoshinaka, Y. / Katoh, I. / Adachi, M. / Yamamoto, N. / Ikai, A. / Ikawa, Y. -- Bacterial Expression, Processing and Characterization of Recombinant Retroviral Proteases -- Expression and Processing of p15gag Protease of Myeloblastosis Associated Virus in E. coli / Sedláček, J. / Kaprálek, F. / Štrop, P. / Pichová, I. / Kostka, V. / Trávníček, M. -- Isolation and Characterization of p15gag Protease of Myeloblastosis Associated Virus Expressed in E. coli / Štrop, P. / Pichová, I. / Kostka, V. / Kaprálek, F. / Sedláček, J. -- Biochemical Characterization of HIV-1 Protease Purified from a Bacterial Expression System / Meek, Thomas D. / Dayton, Brian D. / Metcalf, Brian W. / Moore, Michael L. / Gorniak, Joseiina / Rosenberg, Martin / Debouck, Christine / Strickler, James E. -- Expression and Characterization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Protease / Graves, M. C. / Lim, J. J. / Zicopoulos, M. A. / Stoller, T. J. / Miedel, M. C. / Pan, Y.-C. E. / Danho, W. / Nalin, C. M. -- Mutational Analyses of Retroviral Proteases -- Analysis of HIV-1 Protease Via Deletion and In Vitro Mutagenesis Studies / Grice, S. Le / Leuthardt, A. / Reutener, S. / Zehnle, R. / Mous, J. / Brenner, J. / Mills, J. -- In Vitro Mutation of the Asp-25 Blocks and Pepstatin A Inhibits the Activity of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Encoded Protease / Helm, K. von der / Seelmeier, S. / Schmidt, H. -- Mutational Analysis of the HIV-1 Protease: Importance for Function of Sequences within and Flanking the Protease Domain / Loeb, D. D. / Hutchison, C. A. / Everitt, L. / Farmerie, W. G. / Swanstrom, R. -- Synthesis and Activity of HTLV-1 Protease and its Muteins / Hatanaka, M. / Nam, S. H. -- Structure, Function and Evolution of Retroviral Proteases -- Activation and Regulation of Avian Sarcoma Leukemia Virus (ASLV) Protease / Kotier, M. -- Characterization of pl5 Protease of Myeloblastosis Associated Virus by Specificity and Inhibition Studies / Štrop, P. / Konvalinka, J. / Bláha, I. / Pavlíčková, L. / Souček, M. / Velek, J. / Pichová, I. / Fusek, M. / Kostka, V. / Kaprálek, F. / Sedláček, J. -- Characterization of HIV-1 Protease Substrate Specificity by Use of Synthetic Peptides / Moelling, K. / Knoop, M. T. / Billich, S. / Bláha, I. / Pavlíčková, L. / Souček, M. -- Preliminary crystallographic investigation of a protease from rous sarcoma virus / Miller, M. / Jaskolski, M. / Rao, M. / Wlodawer, A. / Leis, J. -- Structure and Evolution of Retroviral Proteinases / Pearl, Laurence H. -- Author Index -- Abbreviations -- Subject Index -- Backmatterweiterlesen