Herpes Simplex Virus Virion Host Shutoff Protein: Immune Evasion Mediated by a Viral RNase?

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1063-1068

  Smiley, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRION HOST SHUTOFF PROTEIN; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS PROTEIN;

HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA DEGRADATION; SHORT SURVEY; VIRION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; RIBONUCLEASES; U937 CELLS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0346373732     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.3.1063-1068.2004     Document Type: Short Survey

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