The PRRSV replicase: Exploring the multifunctionality of an intriguing set of nonstructural proteins

Virus Research

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 61-76

  Fang, Ying ^a   Snijder, Eric J ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic assays; Nonstructural proteins; RNA synthesis; Vaccines; Viral enzymes

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MESSENGER RNA; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 10; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 11; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 8; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 9; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTERIVIRUS; BIOINFORMATICS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; RNA REPLICASE; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ARTERIVIRUS; EQUINE ARTERITIS VIRUS; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS;

EID: 78649322018     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.07.030     Document Type: Review

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