Versatile trans-replication systems for chikungunya virus allow functional analysis and tagging of every replicase protein

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Utt, Age ^a   Quirin, Tania ^b   Saul, Sirle ^a   Hellström, Kirsi ^b   Ahola, Tero ^b   Merits, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; EPITOPE; FLUC REPLICASE; GLUC REPLICASE; MESSENGER RNA; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS REPLICASE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRAL PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; REPLICON; RNA REPLICATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANS REPLICATION SYSTEM; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; GENETICS; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CRICETINAE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84962593335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151616     Document Type: Article

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