The bunyavirus nucleocapsid protein is an RNA chaperone: Possible roles in viral RNA panhandle formation and genome replication

RNA

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 272-282

  Ayoub Mir, M ^a   Panganiban, Antonito T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bunyaviradae; Nucleocapsid protein; Panhandle; Replication; RNA chaperon; RNA structure

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; GENOMIC RNA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA HELICASE; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BUNYAVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ENTROPY; HANTAVIRUS; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA REPLICATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BUNYAVIRIDAE; HANTAVIRUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS;

EID: 31044439245     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2101906     Document Type: Article

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