Conserved features of the PB2 627 domain impact influenza virus polymerase function and replication

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5977-5986

  Kirui, James ^a   Bucci, Michael D ^a   Poole, Daniel S ^a   Mehle, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE PB2 SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; DOGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84899859708     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00508-14     Document Type: Article

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