Analysis of phage MS2 coat protein mutants expressed from a reconstituted phagemid reveals that proline 78 is essential for viral infectivity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Hill, H Rachael ^a   Stonehouse, Nicola J ^a   Fonseca, Stephanie A ^a   Stockley, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage MS2; Capsid assembly; Phage evolution; Recombinant virus; RNA phage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CAPSID PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROLINE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MS2 VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0031566956     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0786     Document Type: Article

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