Role of the C-terminal tryptophan residue for the structure-function of the alphavirus capsid protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 865-872

  Skoging, Ulrica ^a   Liljeström, Peter ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assembly; Capsid protein; Protease; Protein folding; Semliki Forest virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; CAPSID PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALPHA VIRUS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

ALPHAVIRUS; MIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

EID: 0032546746     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1817     Document Type: Article

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