Stabilization of influenza virus replication intermediates is dependent on the RNA-binding but not the homo-oligomerization activity of the viral nucleoprotein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 12073-12078

  Vreede, Frank T ^a   Ng, Andy Ka Leung ^b   Shaw, Pang Chui ^b   Fodor, Ervin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA BINDING; RNA REPLICATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CELL LINE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 80655143440     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00695-11     Document Type: Note

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