The alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2B (eIF2B) is required for eIF2-mediated translational suppression of vesicular stomatitis virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 9716-9725

  Elsby, Rachel ^a   Heiber, Joshua F ^a   Reid, Peter ^b   Kimball, Scot R ^c   Pavitt, Graham D ^b   Barber, Glen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN GCN2; PROTEIN GCN3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2B; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MICE; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; VESICULOVIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 80053971313     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.05146-11     Document Type: Article

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