Conserved Endonuclease Function of Hantavirus L Polymerase
Hantaviruses are important emerging pathogens belonging to the Bunyaviridae family. Like other segmented negative strand RNA viruses, the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) also known as L protein of hantaviruses lacks an intrinsic “capping activity”. Hantaviruses therefore employ a “cap snatching”...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-05-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/8/5/108 |