RNA-dependent RNA polymerases from flaviviruses and Picornaviridae

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 759-767

  Lescar, Julien ^a,b   Canard, Bruno ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTEROVIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FLAVIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PICORNAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA REPLICATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DIPHOSPHATES; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMANS; PICORNAVIRIDAE; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

PICORNAVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 70549097351     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.10.011     Document Type: Review

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