SARS coronavirus: Unusual lability of the nucleocapsid protein

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 377, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 429-433

  Mark, John ^a   Li, Xuguang ^a   Cyr, Terry ^a   Fournier, Sylvie ^a   Jaentschke, Bozena ^a   Hefford, Mary Alice ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; N protein; Nucleocapsid protein; Proteolysis; SARS

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; LIFE CYCLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SURFACE ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN FOLDING; SARS VIRUS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 55649084569     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.09.153     Document Type: Article

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