Conformational switch-defective ΦX174 internal scaffolding proteins kinetically trap assembly intermediates before procapsid formation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 9911-9918

  Gordon, Emile B ^a   Knuff, Christopher J ^a   Fane, Bentley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; COAT PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL AGGREGATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI X 174; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; GENES, VIRAL; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84866177951     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01120-12     Document Type: Article

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