Biologically Active Substance
gag protein
Subclass of:
Retroviridae Proteins; Viral Core Proteins; Polyproteins
Definitions related to gene products, gag:
  • (gag protein) A protein that is a component of the retroviral core structure.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (gag protein) Retroviral protein encoded by the gag gene; gag refers to group- specific antigen.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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