Novel functions of the alphavirus nonstructural protein nsP3 C-terminal region

Journal of Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2352-2364

  Varjak, Margus ^a   Žusinaite, Eva ^a   Merits, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; POLYPROTEIN;

ALPHA VIRUS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

ALPHAVIRUS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

EID: 77649206548     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01540-09     Document Type: Article

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