Purification, identification, and biochemical characterization of a host-encoded cysteine protease that cleaves a Leishmaniavirus Gag-Pol polyprotein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 10448-10455

  Carrion Jr , Ricardo ^a,b   Ro, Young Tae ^c   Patterson, Jean L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GAG PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LECTIN; POL PROTEIN; POLYPROTEIN; PROTEINASE; SEPHAROSE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CODE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIAVIRUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILVER STAINING; THERMOSTABILITY; TRYPANOSOMA; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FUSION PROTEINS, GAG-POL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIAVIRUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0141856300     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.19.10448-10455.2003     Document Type: Article

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