An in vitro assay to study chikungunya virus RNA synthesis and the mode of action of inhibitors

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 2683-2692

  Albulescu, Irina C ^a   Tas, Ali ^a   Scholte, Florine E M ^a   Snijder, Eric J ^a   van Hemert, Martijn J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; CYCLOPHILIN B; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GENOMIC RNA; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS 32; RAB PROTEIN; RIBAVIRIN; RIBONUCLEASE A; RIBONUCLEASE H; RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBONUCLEASE T1; RNA 18S; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; VIRUS RNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOSOL; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENDOSOME; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RADIOACTIVITY; REPLICATION TRANSCRIPTION COMPLEX; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VERO CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; RNA, VIRAL; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84910669422     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.069690-0     Document Type: Article

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