Investigating the specificity and stoichiometry of RNA binding by the nucleocapsid protein of Bunyamwera virus

RNA

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-399

  Mohl, Bjorn Patrick ^a   Barr, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bunyamwera; Encapsidation; Replication; RNA; Virus

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MONOMER; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BUNYAMWERA VIRUS; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENCAPSULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA VIRUS; SOLUBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY; VIRUS REPLICATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BUNYAMWERA VIRUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BUNYAMWERA VIRUS; BUNYAVIRIDAE; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 60849134280     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1367209     Document Type: Article

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