Alphavirus RNA synthesis and non-structural protein functions

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2483-2500

  Rupp, Jonathan C ^a,b   Sokoloski, Kevin J ^a   Gebhart, Natasha N ^a   Hardy, Richard W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GENOMIC RNA; HOST FACTOR; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATASE; POLYPROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA; VIRAL PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARIBBEAN; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS; TAXONOMY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VIRION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84941595490     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000249     Document Type: Article

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