Phosphorylation of highly conserved serine residues in the influenza a virus nuclear export protein nep plays a minor role in viral growth in human cells and mice

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 7668-7673

  Reuther, Peter ^a,b   Giese, Sebastian ^a,b   Götz, Veronika ^a,b   Riegger, David ^a   Schwemmle, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR EXPORT PROTEIN; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEK293 CELL LINE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84901999760     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00854-14     Document Type: Article

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