Amino acids 473v and 598p of PB1 from an avian-origin influenza A virus contribute to polymerase activity, especially in mammalian cells

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 531-540

  Xu, Chen ^a   Hu, Wei Bin ^a   Xu, Ke ^a   He, Yun Xia ^a   Wang, Tong Yan ^a   Chen, Ze ^b   Li, Tian Xian ^c   Liu, Jin Hua ^d   Buchy, Philippe ^e   Sun, Bing ^a,f  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS   (China)

^c WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DU CAMBODGE   (Cambodia)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PB1 PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84863158873     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.036434-0     Document Type: Article

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