An attenuating mutation in nsP1 of the Sindbis-group virus S.A.AR86 accelerates nonstructural protein processing and up-regulates viral 26S RNA synthesis

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1149-1156

  Heise, Mark T ^a,b   White, Laura J ^a   Simpson, Dennis A ^a   Leonard, Christopher ^a   Bernard, Kristen A ^a,c   Meeker, Rick B ^b   Johnston, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA 26S; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA SYNTHESIS; SINDBIS VIRUS; UPREGULATION; VIROGENESIS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; MUTATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, VIRAL; SINDBIS VIRUS; UP-REGULATION; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0037229324     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.2.1149-1156.2003     Document Type: Article

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