Mutations in the N-terminal region of influenza virus PB2 protein affect virus RNA replication but not transcription

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5098-5108

  Gastaminza, Pablo ^a   Perales, Beatriz ^a   Falcón, Ana M ^a   Ortín, Juan ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA REPLICATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COS CELLS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4E; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0037404535     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.9.5098-5108.2003     Document Type: Article

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