Vaccinia virus mutations in the L4R gene encoding a virion structural protein produce abnormal mature particles lacking a nucleocapsid

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14017-14029

  Jesus, Desyree Murta ^a   Moussatche, Nissin ^a   Condit, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN L4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HEAT SENSITIVITY; L4R GENE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MORPHOGENESIS; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

VACCINIA VIRUS;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUTANT PROTEINS; NUCLEOCAPSID; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84911489313     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02126-14     Document Type: Article

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