High-resolution structure of the N-terminal endonuclease domain of the Lassa virus L polymerase in complex with magnesium ions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Wallat, Gregor D ^a   Huang, Qinfeng ^b   Wang, Wenjian ^c   Dong, Haohao ^a   Ly, Hinh ^b   Liang, Yuying ^b   Dong, Changjiang ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; MAGNESIUM ION; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; MAGNESIUM; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BUNYAVIRUS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LASSA VIRUS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM;

ENDONUCLEASES; LASSA VIRUS; MAGNESIUM; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84895518554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087577     Document Type: Article

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