The multifunctional NS1 protein of influenza A viruses

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2359-2376

  Hale, Benjamin G ^a   Randall, Richard E ^a   Ortin, Juan ^b   Jackson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2'5' OLIGOADENYLATE SYNTHETASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA INTERFERON; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INTERFERON; LIVE VACCINE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE R; RNA; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INS1 PROTEIN, INFLUENZA VIRUS; PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOLYTIC VIROTHERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INFLUENZA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 54449099369     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/004606-0     Document Type: Review

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