Rift Valley Fever Virus NSs Protein Promotes Post-Transcriptional Downregulation of Protein Kinase PKR and Inhibits eIF2α Phosphorylation

• Tetsuro Ikegami ,

  * E-mail: teikegam@utmb.edu (TI); shmakino@utmb.edu (SM)

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Krishna Narayanan,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Sungyong Won,

  Current address: Department of Genetics, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Wataru Kamitani,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• C. J. Peters,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Shinji Makino

  * E-mail: teikegam@utmb.edu (TI); shmakino@utmb.edu (SM)

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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