Analysis of a structural homology model of the 2′-O-ribose methyltransferase domain within the vesicular stomatitis virus L protein

Virology

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-82

  Galloway, Summer E ^a   Richardson, Paul E ^b   Wertz, Gail W ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Wall College of Business   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

L protein; Methyltransferase; RNA dependent RNA polymerase; S adenosylmethionine; Vesicular stomatitis virus

Indexed keywords

2' O RIBOSE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAPPED RNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN L; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA CAPS; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

RNA VIRUSES; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 55249107781     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.08.041     Document Type: Article

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