Structural difference recognized by a monoclonal antibody #404-11 between the rabies virus nucleocapsid (NC) produced in virus infected cells and the NC-like structures produced in the nucleoprotein (N) cDNA-transfected cells

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 757-770

  Toriumi, Harufusa ^a   Kawai, Akihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Encapsidation; Monoclonal antibody; Phosphorylation; Rabies virus nucleocapsid; Structural maturation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYCHOLATE SODIUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABIES VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 24744446021     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03666.x     Document Type: Article

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