Genetic analysis of influenza virus NS1 gene: A temperature-sensitive mutant shows defective formation of virus particles

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 15246-15257

  Garaigorta, Urtzi ^a   Falcón, Ana M ^a,b   Ortín, Juan ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SIALIDASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NS1 GENE; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; VIRION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MORPHOGENESIS; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TITRATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DEFECTIVE VIRUSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, VIRAL; TEMPERATURE; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 29744444887     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.24.15246-15257.2005     Document Type: Article

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