Macromolecular assembly-driven processing of the 2/3 cleavage site in the alphavirus replicase polyprotein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 553-565

  Lulla, Aleksei ^a   Lulla, Valeria ^a   Merits, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; POLYPROTEIN;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYPROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEOLYSIS; RNA REPLICASE; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ALPHAVIRUS; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

EID: 84855936001     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.05195-11     Document Type: Article

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