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Chikungunya virus capsid protein contains nuclear import and export signals

BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus of the Togaviridae family. After autoproteolytic cleavage, the CHIKV capsid protein (CP) is involved in RNA binding and assembly of the viral particle. The monomeric CP is approximately 30 kDa in size and is small enough for passive transport th...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Saijo, Rai, Jagdish, John, Lijo, Schaefer, Stephan, Pützer, Brigitte M, Herchenröder, Ottmar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23984714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-10-269