The virion host shutoff protein (UL41) of herpes simplex virus 11 is an endoribonuclease with a substrate specificity similar to that of RNase A

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 9341-9345

  Taddeo, Brunella ^a   Roizman, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE A; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE; VIRION HOST SHUTOFF PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE ACTIVITY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VHS GENE; VIRUS GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 33748511878     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01008-06     Document Type: Article

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