Molecular architecture of the vesicular stomatitis virus RNA polymerase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 20075-20080

  Rahmeh, Amal A ^a   Schenk, Andreas D ^a   Danek, Eric I ^a   Kranzusch, Philip J ^a   Liang, Bo ^a   Walz, Thomas ^a,b   Whelan, Sean P J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

L protein; Structure and function; Viral replication

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

RNA VIRUSES; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 78650526378     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013559107     Document Type: Article

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