The N-terminal region of influenza virus polymerase PB1 adjacent to the PA binding site is involved in replication but not transcription of the viral genome

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Binh, Nguyen Trong ^a   Wakai, Chitose ^a   Kawaguchi, Atsushi ^a   Nagata, Kyosuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Influenza virus; Promoter binding; Replication; Reverse genetics; RNA dependent RNA polymerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; POLYMERASE PB1 PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE PA; RNA POLYMERASE PB1; RNA POLYMERASE PB2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 84892159576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00398     Document Type: Article

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