Assembly of herpes simplex virus capsids using the human cytomegalovirus scaffold protein: Critical role of the C terminus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1281-1291

  Oien, Nancee L ^a   Thomsen, Darrell R ^a   Wathen, Michael W ^a   Newcomb, William W ^b   Brown, Jay C ^b   Homa, Fred L ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0031026433     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.2.1281-1291.1997     Document Type: Article

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