Mutagenesis analysis of the NS2B determinants of the Alkhurma virus NS2B-NS3 protease activation

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3279-3283

  Pastorino, Boris A M ^a   Peyrefitte, Christophe N ^a   Grandadam, Marc ^a   Thill, Maxime C E ^a   Tolou, Hugues J ^a   Bessaud, Maël ^a  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROANISOLE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; MUTANT PROTEIN; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2B; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NS2B NS3 PROTEASE; REAGENT; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ALKHURMA VIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETIC CODE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BENZOYLARGININE NITROANILIDE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FLAVIVIRIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ACARI; ALKHURMA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 33750240417     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82088-0     Document Type: Article

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