A plant viral coat protein RNA binding consensus sequence contains a crucial arginine

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5077-5084

  Ansel McKinney, P ^a,b   Scott, S W ^c   Swanson, M ^d   Ge, Xin ^c,e   Gehrke, L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant; Replication; RNA binding consensus; RNA virus; RNA protein interactions

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COAT PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALFALFA MOSAIC VIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029811379     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00888.x     Document Type: Article

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