Genetic analysis of the yellow fever virus NS1 protein: Identification of a temperature-sensitive mutation which blocks RNA accumulation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 291-298

  Muylaert, Isabella R ^a   Galler, Ricardo ^b   Rice, Charles M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VIRUS MUTANT; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0031060332     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.1.291-298.1997     Document Type: Article

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