Structural Basis for the dsRNA Specificity of the Lassa Virus NP Exonuclease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Hastie, Kathryn M ^a   King, Liam B ^a   Zandonatti, Michelle A ^a   Saphire, Erica Ollmann ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; EXONUCLEASE; GLYCINE; TYROSINE; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG RESEARCH; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LASSA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, VIRAL;

LASSA VIRUS;

EID: 84865456858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044211     Document Type: Article

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