Residues 41V and/or 210D in the NP protein enhance polymerase activities and potential replication of novel influenza (H7N9) viruses at low temperature Influenza viruses

Virology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhu, Wenfei ^a   Zou, Xiaohui ^a   Zhou, Jianfang ^a   Tang, Jing ^a   Shu, Yuelong ^a  

^a National Health and Family Planning Commission   (China)

Author keywords

Influenza A (H7N9) virus; Low temperature replication; NP mutations

Indexed keywords

NP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; CORE PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NP PROTEIN, INFLUENZA A VIRUS; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHINA; COLD; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHINA; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84929179196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0304-6     Document Type: Article

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