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Structural and functional insights into alphavirus polyprotein processing and pathogenesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Oct 2012
Shin Gyehwa, Yost Samantha A, Miller Matthew T, Elrod Elizabeth J, Grakoui Arash, Marcotrigiano Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Alphaviruses, a group of positive-sense RNA viruses, are globally distributed arboviruses capable of causing rash, arthritis, encephalitis, and death in humans. The viral replication machinery consists of four nonstructural proteins (nsP1-4) produced as a single polyprotein. Processing of the polyprotein occurs in a highly regulated manner, with cleavage at the P2/3 junction influencing RNA template use during...
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