Cleavage site mapping and substrate-specificity of Leishmaniavirus 2-1 capsid endoribonuclease activity

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-200

  MacBeth, Kyle J ^a   Ro, Young Tae ^b   Gehrke, Lee ^a   Patterson, Jean L ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsid protein; Cleavage site mapping; Leishmania RNA virus; Site specific RNA endonuclease activity; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA VIRUS;

LEISHMANIAVIRUS; MIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0030848101     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021728     Document Type: Article

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