Transient expression of cellular polypyrimidine-tract binding protein stimulates cap-independent translation directed by both picornaviral and flaviviral internal ribosome entry sites in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1583-1595

  Gosert, Rainer ^a   Chang, Ki Ha ^a   Rijnbrand, Rene ^b   Yi, Minkyung ^b   Sangar, David V ^b   Lemon, Stanley M ^a,b  

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

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PICORNAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLAVIVIRUS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PICORNAVIRIDAE; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT-BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0342614202     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.5.1583-1595.2000     Document Type: Article

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