Reovirus polymerase λ3 localized by cryo-electron microscopy of virions at a resolution of 7.6 Å

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1011-1018

  Zhang, Xing ^a   Walker, Stephen B ^a   Chipman, Paul R ^a   Nibert, Max L ^b   Baker, Timothy S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ISOENZYME; POLYMERASE LAMBDA3; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; REOVIRUS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA VIRUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRION; VIRUS CORE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REOVIRIDAE; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRION;

REOVIRUS SP.; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0345059374     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb1009     Document Type: Article

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