Characterization of an alphamesonivirus 3C-like protease defines a special group of nidovirus main proteases

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13747-13758

  Blanck, Sandra ^a   Stinn, Anne ^a   Tsiklauri, Lali ^a   Zirkel, Florian ^b   Junglen, Sandra ^b   Ziebuhr, John ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVALLY VIRUS 3C LIKE PROTEASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; 3C PROTEASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ALPHAMESONIVIRUS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAVALLY VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA VIRUS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NIDOVIRALES; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NIDOVIRALES; PROTEOLYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84911442273     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02040-14     Document Type: Article

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