The Andes hantavirus NSs protein is expressed from the viral small mRNA by a leaky scanning mechanism

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2176-2187

  Vera Otarola, Jorge ^a   Solis, Loretto ^a   Soto Rifo, Ricardo ^b   Ricci, Emiliano P ^b   Pino, Karla ^a   Tischler, Nicole D ^c   Ohlmann, Théophile ^b   Darlix, Jean Luc ^b   López Lastra, Marcelo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Fundación Ciencia y Vida   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL MESSENGER RNA; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ANDES HANTAVIRUS; ANDES HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEAKY SCANNING MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA ANALYSIS; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS;

CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

BUNYAVIRIDAE; HANTAVIRUS;

EID: 84857094635     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.06223-11     Document Type: Article

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