Dominant-negative mutants of human MxA protein: Domains in the carboxy- terminal moiety are important for oligomerization and antiviral activity

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2591-2599

  Ponten, Annette ^a   Sick, Christine ^a   Weeber, Michael ^a   Haller, Otto ^a   Kochs, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DELETION MUTANT; DNA TRANSFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0030891399     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.4.2591-2599.1997     Document Type: Article

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