Structure-function analysis of vaccinia virus mRNA cap (guanine-N7) methyltransferase

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 696-705

  Zheng, Sushuang ^a   Shuman, Stewart ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

7 methylguanosine; AdoMet; mRNA processing; Poxvirus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GUANINE N7 METHYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; VACCINIA VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DIMERIZATION; GENES, VIRAL; KINETICS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA CAPS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; VACCINIA VIRUS;

POXVIRIDAE; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 41649103338     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.928208     Document Type: Article

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