The Influenza B Virus Nonstructural NS1 Protein Is Essential for Efficient Viral Growth and Antagonizes Beta Interferon Induction

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1865-1872

  Dauber, Bianca ^a   Heins, Gudrun ^a   Wolff, Thorsten ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; INTERFERON INDUCING AGENT; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIFE CYCLE; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE CULTURE CELL; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICK EMBRYO; DOGS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INTERFERON-BETA; MUTATION; VERO CELLS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0842304509     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.4.1865-1872.2004     Document Type: Article

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