Charge cluster-to-alanine scanning of UL128 for fine tuning of the endothelial cell tropism of human cytomegalovirus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 11239-11246

  Schuessler, Andrea ^a   Sampaio, Kerstin Laib ^a   Sinzger, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UL128 PROTEIN, HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UL128 GENE; VIRUS GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL LINE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL LINE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

EID: 55549093426     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01069-08     Document Type: Article

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