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Gene Products, gag

Medical Definition: Proteins coded by the retroviral gag gene. The products are usually synthesized as protein precursors or POLYPROTEINS, which are then cleaved by viral proteases to yield the final products. Many of the final products are associated with the nucleoprotein core of the virion. gag is short for group-specific antigen.
Guide Notes: coord with specific virus (IM)
Also Called: gag Gene Related Protein
Previously Indexed: Antigens, Viral (1983-1989),Retroviridae Proteins (1986-1989),Viral Core Proteins (1986-1989),Viral Proteins (1972-1989)
Gene Products, gag Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Fusion Proteins, gag-pol - Polyprotein products of a fused portion of retroviral mRNA containing the gag and pol genes. The polyprotein is synthesized only five percent of the time since pol is out of frame with gag, and is generated by ribosomal frameshifting.

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