Changes of the Secondary Structure of the 5′ End of the Sindbis Virus Genome Inhibit Virus Growth in Mosquito Cells and Lead to Accumulation of Adaptive Mutations

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4953-4964

  Fayzulin, Rafik ^a   Frolov, Ilya ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NSP2; PROTEIN NSP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADAPTATION; ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CULICIDAE; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 2342623475     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.10.4953-4964.2004     Document Type: Article

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