The C-terminal domain of chikungunya virus nsP2 independently governs viral RNA replication, cytopathicity, and inhibition of interferon signaling

Journal of Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 10394-10400

  Fros, Jelke J ^a   van der Maten, Erika ^a   Vlak, Just M ^a   Pijlman, Gorben P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; STAT PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA REPLICATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; INTERFERONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERO CELLS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84883261933     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00884-13     Document Type: Article

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