Structural properties of the C terminus of vesicular stomatitis virus N protein dictate N-RNA complex assembly, encapsidation, and RNA synthesis

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 8720-8729

  Heinrich, Bianca S ^a   Morin, Benjamin ^a   Rahmeh, Amal A ^a   Whelan, Sean P J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPROTEIN GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

CAPSID; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RNA, VIRAL; VESICULOVIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84865073454     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00990-12     Document Type: Article

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