The role of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-coronavirus accessory proteins in virus pathogenesis

Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2902-2923

  McBride, Ruth ^a   Fielding, Burtram C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accessory proteins; Open reading frames; Respiratory disease; SARS coronavirus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 8; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; ORF3A PROTEIN; ORF3B PROTEIN; ORF6 PROTEIN; ORF7A PROTEIN; ORF7B PROTEIN; ORF8A PROTEIN; ORF8B PROTEIN; RANTES; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS SPIKE PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE NUMBER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CORONAVIRUS; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 84870597541     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v4112902     Document Type: Review

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