Identification of a ribosomal frameshift in Leishmania RNA virus 1-4

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-25

  Lee, Sang Eun ^a   Suh, Jae Myoung ^a   Scheffter, Scott ^b,c   Patterson, Jean L ^b,c   Chung, In Kwon ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsid protein; Leishmania RNA virus; Pseudoknot structure; Ribosomal frameshift; RNA dependent RNA polymerases

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RIBOSOME; RNA VIRUS;

LEISHMANIA RNA VIRUS 1-4; MIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED LEISHMANIA RNA VIRUS;

EID: 0029737638     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021387     Document Type: Article

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