Mutations at the palmitoylation site of non-structural protein nsP1 of Semliki Forest virus attenuate virus replication and cause accumulation of compensatory mutations

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1977-1985

  Žusinaite, Eva ^a   Tints, Kairit ^a,b,d   Kiiver, Kaja ^a,b   Spuul, Pirjo ^c   Karo Astover, Liis ^a,b   Merits, Andres ^a   Sarand, Inga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Protobios OÜ ^*  (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; ROTAVIRUS NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ATTENUATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIABILITY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; GENES, VIRAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PALMITIC ACIDS; REPLICON; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSFECTION; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 34347366405     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82865-0     Document Type: Article

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