Amino acid mutations in the replicase protein nsP3 of Semliki Forest virus cumulatively affect neurovirulence

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1525-1533

  Tuittila, Minna ^a   Hinkkanen, Ari E ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; THREONINE; VALINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALPHA VIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CLONE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LETHAL GENE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA REPLICASE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

EID: 0037639148     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.18936-0     Document Type: Article

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