Nidovirus ribonucleases: Structures and functions in viral replication

RNA Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ulferts, Rachel ^a   Ziebuhr, John ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Endoribonuclease; Exoribonuclease; Nidovirus; Proofreading; RNA replication

Indexed keywords

3' TO 5' EXORIBONUCLEASE PROTEIN; EXORIBONUCLEASE; NENDOU PROTEIN; NIDOVIRUS ENDORIBONUCLEASE SPECIFIC FOR URIDYLATE PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

CORONAVIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENOME SIZE; MUTATION; NIDOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NIDOVIRALES; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CORONAVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

ANIMALS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; EXORIBONUCLEASES; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; NIDOVIRALES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 79954557601     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.8.2.15196     Document Type: Review

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