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Mutant influenza viruses with a defective NS1 protein cannot block the activation of PKR in infected cells.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 1999
Hatada E, Saito S, Fukuda R
Abstract excerpt
A short model genome RNA and also the genome RNA of influenza A virus bearing both 5'- and 3'-terminal common sequences activated the interferon-induced double-stranded-RNA-dependent protein kinase, PKR, by stimulating autophosphorylation in vitro. The activated PKR catalyzed phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eucaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2alpha). The NS1 protein efficiently eliminated the...
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