Identification of amino acid residues critical for the anti-interferon activity of the nucleoprotein of the prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 11330-11340

  Martínez Sobrido, Luis ^a,c   Emonet, Sébastien ^b   Giannakas, Panagiotis ^a   Cubitt, Beatrice ^b   García Sastre, Adolfo ^a   De La Torre, Juan C ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3; NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARENAVIRUS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-3; INTERFERON TYPE I; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MUTATION; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ARENAVIRUS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 70350316078     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00763-09     Document Type: Article

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