Cleavage of the Junin virus nucleoprotein serves a decoy function to inhibit the induction of apoptosis during infection

Journal of Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 224-233

  Wolff, Svenja ^a   Becker, Stephan ^a   Groseth, Allison ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE INHIBITOR; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARGENTINE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; JUNIN VIRUS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; IMMUNE EVASION; JUNIN VIRUS; MUTANT PROTEINS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; VERO CELLS;

ARENAVIRIDAE; ARENAVIRUS; JUNIN VIRUS;

EID: 84871977509     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01929-12     Document Type: Article

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