Mapping of the tacaribe arenavirus Z-protein binding sites on the L protein identified both amino acids within the putative polymerase domain and a region at the N terminus of L that are critically involved in binding

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 11454-11460

  Wilda, Maximiliano ^a   Lopez, Nora ^b   Casabona, Juan Cruz ^b   Franze Fernandez, Maria T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; RING FINGER PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN; Z PROTEIN, TACARIBE VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARENAVIRUS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA REPLICATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TACARIBE ARENAVIRUS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARENAVIRUS; TACARIBE VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ARENAVIRUSES, NEW WORLD; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 55549093424     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01533-08     Document Type: Article

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