Genetic and biochemical evidence for an oligomeric structure of the functional L polymerase of the prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7262-7268

  Sánchez, Ana B ^a   De La Torre, Juan C ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRICETINAE; GENES, VIRAL; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ARENAVIRUS; CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 18744390499     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.11.7262-7268.2005     Document Type: Article

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