Translation initiation in GB viruses A and C: Evidence for internal ribosome entry and implications for genome organization

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 6126-6135

  Simons, John N ^a   Desai, Suresh M ^a   Schultz, Derk E ^b   Lemon, Stanley M ^b   Mushahwar, Isa K ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION;

EID: 0029791890     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.9.6126-6135.1996     Document Type: Article

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