Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus disrupts STAT1 signaling by distinct mechanisms independent of host shutoff

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 10571-10581

  Simmons, Jason D ^a,b   White, Laura J ^a,b   Morrison, Thomas E ^c   Montgomery, Stephanie A ^a,b   Whitmore, Alan C ^a,b   Johnston, Robert E ^a,b   Heise, Mark T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; CAPSID PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT2 PROTEIN; TYROSINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HOST CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROMOLECULE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPLICON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CRICETINAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; INTERFERON-GAMMA; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE; VERO CELLS;

ALPHAVIRUS; MIRIDAE; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 70349741079     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01041-09     Document Type: Article

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