Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus Accessory Protein 4a Inhibits PKR-Mediated Antiviral Stress Responses

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Rabouw, Huib H ^a   Langereis, Martijn A ^a   Knaap, Robert C M ^b   Dalebout, Tim J ^b   Canton, Javier ^c   Sola, Isabel ^c   Enjuanes, Luis ^c   Bredenbeek, Peter J ^b   Kikkert, Marjolein ^b   de Groot, Raoul J ^a   van Kuppeveld, Frank J M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BETA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE R; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL LINE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE INACTIVATION; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INCLUSION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EIF-2 KINASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; INCLUSION BODIES, VIRAL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

EID: 84992694820     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005982     Document Type: Article

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