Virus-encoded proteinases and proteolytic processing in the Nidovirales

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 853-879

  Ziebuhr, John ^a   Snijder, Eric J ^b   Gorbalenya, Alexander E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTERIVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ARTERIVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS; NIDOVIRALES; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0034072633     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-4-853     Document Type: Review

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