The RGG box motif of the herpes simplex virus ICP27 protein mediates an RNA-binding activity and determines in vivo methylation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 7445-7453

  Mears, Wendy E ^a   Rice, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLYCINE; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RNA BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029795035     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.11.7445-7453.1996     Document Type: Article

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