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A Conserved Peptide in West Nile Virus NS4A Protein Contributes to Proteolytic Processing and Is Essential for Replication
1 Sept 2011
Abstract excerpt
The West Nile virus strain Kunjin virus (WNV(KUN)) NS4A protein is a multifunctional protein involved in membrane proliferation, stimulation of cellular pathways, and evasion of host defense and is a major component of the WNV(KUN) RNA replication complex. We identified a highly conserved region ((120)P-E-P-E(123)) upstream of the viral protease dibasic cleavage site and investigated whether this motif was...
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