Proteolytic processing of the open reading frame 1b-encoded part of arterivirus replicase is mediated by nsp4 serine protease and is essential for virus replication

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2027-2037

  Van Dinten, Leonie C ^a   Rensen, Sietske ^a   Gorbalenya, Alexander E ^a,b,c   Snijder, Eric J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CHUMAKOV INSTITUTE OF POLIOMYELITIS AND VIRAL ENCEPHALITIDES   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTERIVIRUS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032982143     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.3.2027-2037.1999     Document Type: Article

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