Mutagenesis analysis of the nsp4 main proteinase reveals determinants of arterivirus replicase polyprotein autoprocessing

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 3428-3437

  Van Aken, Danny ^a   Snijder, Eric J ^a   Gorbalenya, Alexander E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; POLYPROTEIN; SINDBIS VIRUS NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTERIVIRUS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL MATURATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTERITIS VIRUS, EQUINE; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRICETINAE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLAQUE ASSAY; POINT MUTATION; POLYPROTEINS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RABBITS; RNA REPLICASE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; ARTERIVIRUS; EQUINE ARTERITIS VIRUS; NIDOVIRALES; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 33645220757     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.80.7.3428-3437.2006     Document Type: Article

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