Tyrosines in the influenza A virus M2 protein cytoplasmic tail are critical for production of infectious virus particles

Journal of Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 8765-8776

  Grantham, Michael L ^a   Stewart, Shaun M ^a,b   Lalime, Erin N ^a   Pekosz, Andrew ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN M2; SERINE; TYROSINE; VIRUS PROTEIN; M2 PROTEIN, INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MATRIX PROTEIN;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLINDNESS; CELL STRAIN; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; HAMSTER; INFLUENZA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; VIRION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MUTATION; TYROSINE; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 77956634646     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00853-10     Document Type: Article

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