Small interfering RNAs that deplete the cellular translation factor eIF4H impede mRNA degradation by the virion host shutoff protein of herpes simplex virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 6600-6609

  Sarma, Nandini ^a   Agarwal, Deepali ^a   Shiflett, Lora A ^a   Read, G Sullivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; DACTINOMYCIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 4B; INITIATION FACTOR 4H; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIRION HOST SHUTOFF PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; VERO CELL; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIMPLEXVIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 45749139207     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00137-08     Document Type: Article

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