CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE UNIQUE RNA-BINDING DOMAIN OF THE INFLUENZA-VIRUS NS1 PROTEIN

Authors
LIU JS LYNCH PA CHIEN CY MONTELIONE GT KRUG RM BERMAN HM
Citation
Js. Liu et al., CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE UNIQUE RNA-BINDING DOMAIN OF THE INFLUENZA-VIRUS NS1 PROTEIN, Nature structural biology, 4(11), 1997, pp. 896-899
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Cell Biology
Journal title
Nature structural biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10728368
Volume
4
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
896 - 899
Database
ISI
SICI code
1072-8368(1997)4:11<896:COTURD>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The nonstructural protein (NS1 protein) of the influenza A virus hinds to several types of RNAs. X-ray crystallographic analysis of the RNA- binding domain reveals a unique topology for the monomer as well as a novel six-helix structure for the dimer.