The 3' untranslated region of coronavirus RNA is required for subgenomic mRNA transcription from a defective interfering RNA

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 7236-7240

  Lin, Yi Jyun ^a,b   Zhang, Xuming ^a   Wu, Ray Chang ^a   Lai, Michael M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MURINE HEPATITIS CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0029836505     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.10.7236-7240.1996     Document Type: Article

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