Suppressors of cleavage-site mutations in the p62 envelope protein of semliki forest virus reveal dynamics in spike structure and function

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2825-2831

  Tubulekas, Ioannis ^a   Liljeström, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0031949484     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.4.2825-2831.1998     Document Type: Article

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