Structure and function of flavivirus NS5 methyltransferase

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3891-3903

  Zhou, Yangsheng ^a,b   Ray, Debashish ^a   Zhao, Yiwei ^a   Dong, Hongping ^a   Ren, Suping ^a,b   Li, Zhong ^a   Guo, Yi ^a   Bernard, Kristen A ^a,b   Shi, Pei Yong ^a,b   Li, Hongmin ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DENGUE VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA CAPS; RNA, VIRAL; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

FLAVIVIRUS; MUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34247113349     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02704-06     Document Type: Article

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