Inhibition of viral replication by ribozyme: Mutational analysis of the site and mechanism of antiviral activity

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3728-3736

  Zhang, Zhenxi ^a   Burke, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POINT MUTATION; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 14744269915     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.6.3728-3736.2005     Document Type: Article

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