Interaction of Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus NSs protein with mediator protein MED8: A mechanism for inhibiting the interferon response

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 9667-9675

  Léonard, Vincent H J ^a,c   Kohl, Alain ^a,b   Hart, Timothy J ^a,d   Elliott, Richard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; INTERFERON; MED8 PROTEIN; MEDIATOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BUNYAMWERA VIRUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERFERONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BUNYAMWERA VIRUS; BUNYAVIRIDAE; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS;

EID: 33748936181     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00822-06     Document Type: Article

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