Conserved residues in Lassa fever virus Z protein modulate viral infectivity at the level of the ribonucleoprotein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3172-3178

  Capul, Althea A ^a   De La Torre, Juan Carlos ^b   Buchmeier, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN Z;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASSA VIRUS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RING FINGER MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; VIRUS RELEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HUMANS; LASSA VIRUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

ARENAVIRUS; LASSA VIRUS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 79952589424     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02081-10     Document Type: Article

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