The predicted metal-binding region of the arterivirus helicase protein is involved in subgenomic mRNA synthesis, genome replication, and virion biogenesis

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 5213-5223

  Van Dinten, Leonie C ^a   Van Tol, Hans ^a   Gorbalenya, Alexander E ^b   Snijder, Eric J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HELICASE; HISTIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTERIVIRUS; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EQUINE VIRAL ARTERITIS VIRUS; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTERITIS VIRUS, EQUINE; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, VIRAL; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA HELICASES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; VIRION;

EID: 0034105481     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.11.5213-5223.2000     Document Type: Article

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