Structural and functional studies of the innate immune effector Mx proteins: A review

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 699-706

  Sun, Ye Ping ^a   Gao, George F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Antiviral functions; Crystal structure; Dynamin like gtpase; Mx proteins

Indexed keywords

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 77958496217     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1206.2009.00730     Document Type: Review

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