Cytomegalovirus assembly protein precursor and proteinase precursor contain two nuclear localization signals that mediate their own nuclear translocation and that of the major capsid protein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 7722-7732

  Plafker, Scott M ^a,c   Gibson, Wade ^a,b  

^a Dept Pharmacol Molec Sci J   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0031660667     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.10.7722-7732.1998     Document Type: Article

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