Identification of high-affinity PB1-derived peptides with enhanced affinity to the PA protein of influenza A virus polymerase

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 696-702

  Wunderlich, Kerstin ^a   Juozapaitis, Mindaugas ^b   Ranadheera, Charlene ^c,d,f   Kessler, Ulrich ^c   Martin, Arnold ^a   Eisel, Jessica ^a   Beutling, Ulrike ^e   Frank, Ronald ^e   Schwemmle, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c PiKe Pharma GmbH   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f National Microbiology Laboratories   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN PA; PROTEIN PB1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL LINE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RNA REPLICASE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 78751681564     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01419-10     Document Type: Article

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