Non-AUG-initiated internal translation of the L* protein of Theiler's virus and importance of this protein for viral persistence

Journal of Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 10665-10673

  Van Eyll, Olivier ^a   Michiels, Thomas ^a  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CODON; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS; GENETIC CODE; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MURINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CODON; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; THEILOVIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 0036839078     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.21.10665-10673.2002     Document Type: Article

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