Amino acids of conserved kinase motifs of cytomegalovirus protein UL97 are essential for autophosphorylation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 8898-8901

  Michel, Detlef ^a   Kramer, Silke ^a   Höhn, Simone ^a   Schaarschmidt, Peter ^a   Wunderlich, Kirsten ^a   Mertens, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GANCICLOVIR; PROTEIN KINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0032843725     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.10.8898-8901.1999     Document Type: Article

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