Mutational analysis of Vpr-induced G2 arrest, nuclear localization, and cell death in fission yeast

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 3236-3245

  Chen, Mingzhong ^a   Elder, Robert T ^a   Yu, Min ^a   O'Gorman, Maurice G ^a   Selig, Luc ^b   Benarous, Richard ^b   Yamamoto, Ayumu ^c   Zhao, Yuqi ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c National Institute of Information and Communications Technology   (Japan)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIRUS INDUCTION; VIRUS MUTATION; YEAST;

EID: 0033050673     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.4.3236-3245.1999     Document Type: Article

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