Alterations in catalytic activity and virus maturation produced by mutation of the conserved histidine residues of herpes simplex virus type 1 protease

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 8572-8581

  Register, R Bruce ^a   Shafer, Jules A ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL VIABILITY; DNA PACKAGING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH RATE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VERO CELL; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030863132     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.11.8572-8581.1997     Document Type: Article

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