Multiple anti-interferon actions of the influenza A virus NS1 protein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 7011-7021

  Kochs, Georg ^a,c   García Sastre, Adolfo ^b   Martínez Sobrido, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION SPECIFICITY FACTOR; GENE PRODUCT; INTERFERON; INTERFERON ANTIBODY; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; METHIONINE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; PHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA PROCESSING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICKENS; CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION SPECIFICITY FACTOR; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-3; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERFERON-BETA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA PRECURSORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERO CELLS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 34250810666     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02581-06     Document Type: Article

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