Functional characterization of the Sindbis virus E2 glycoprotein by transposon linker-insertion mutagenesis

Virology

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-147

  Navaratnarajah, Chanakha K ^a   Kuhn, Richard J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycoprotein; Receptor binding; Sindbis virus; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E2; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ALPHA VIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE PROBE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SINDBIS VIRUS; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRICETINAE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

ALPHAVIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 34247612875     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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