RNA-binding of the human cytomegalovirus transactivator protein UL69, mediated by arginine-rich motifs, is not required for nuclear export of unspliced RNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1237-1249

  Toth, Zsolt ^a   Lischka, Peter ^a   Stamminger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN UL69; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN; PUL69 PROTEIN, HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33644870991     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl007     Document Type: Article

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