An mRNA region of the canine distemper virus fusion protein gene lacking AUG codons can promote protein expression

Archives of Virology

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1971-1983

  Cherpillod, P ^a   Zipperle, L ^a   Wittek, R ^b   Zurbriggen, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Dept of Clin Veterinary Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F PROTEIN, PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CELL LINE; GENETICS; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; START CODON; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CODON, INITIATOR; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; GENES, VIRAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 7044249477     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-004-0342-7     Document Type: Article

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