Functional mapping of PVX RNA-dependent RNA-replicase using pentapeptide scanning mutagenesis-Identification of regions essential for replication and subgenomic RNA amplification

Virus Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-124

  Draghici, Heidrun Katharina ^a   Pilot, Ruth ^a   Thiel, Heike ^a   Varrelmann, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Sugar Beet Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha like virus; PVX; Random mutagenesis; Replicase functional domains; Replication

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POTEXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDE MAPPING; POTEXVIRUS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

POTATO VIRUS X; POTEXVIRUS;

EID: 67349090943     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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